Further application of the care transitions intervention: Results of a randomized controlled trial conducted in a fee-for-service setting

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 84-99

  Parry, Carla ^a   Min, Sung Joon ^a   Chugh, Amita ^a   Chalmers, Sandra ^a   Coleman, Eric A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Care coordination; Care fragmentation; Care transitions

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORADO; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE PART C; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949404939     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621420903155924     Document Type: Article

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