Nurse and patient perceptions of discharge readiness in relation to postdischarge utilization

Medical Care

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 482-486

  Weiss, Marianne ^a   Yakusheva, Olga ^a   Bobay, Kathleen ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discharge; Discharge readiness; Postdischarge utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; READINESS FOR HOSPITAL DISCHARGE SCALE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENTS; PERCEPTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951623339     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181d5feae     Document Type: Article

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