A prospective cohort study found that provider and information continuity was low after patient discharge from hospital

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1000-1010

  Van Walraven, Carl ^a,b   Taljaard, Monica ^a   Bell, Chaim M ^b,c,d,e   Etchells, Edward ^c   Stiell, Ian G ^f   Zarnke, Kelly ^g   Forster, Alan J ^a  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Communication; Continuity of care; Continuity of information; Generalized linear mixed model; Time dependent covariates

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SCORING SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HOSPITALIZATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77955614686     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2010.01.023     Document Type: Article

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