Case management accountability for safe, smooth, and sustained transitions: A plea for building "wrap-around" case management services now

Professional Case Management

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 188-199

  Zander, Karen ^a  

^a Center for Case Management   (United States)

Author keywords

and sustained care transitions; discharge planning; preventing readmissions; safe; smooth; wraparound case management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING CARE; READING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

CASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LEARNING; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; NURSING CARE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; READING; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77955142389     PISSN: 15297764     EISSN: 15390675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCM.0b013e3181e26a80     Document Type: Article

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