A discharge summary adapted to the frail elderly to ensure transfer of relevant information from the hospital to community settings: A model

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Kergoat, Marie Jeanne ^a   Latour, Judith ^a,b   Julien, Isabelle ^a   Plante, Marie Andrée ^a   Lebel, Paule ^a   Mainville, Dominique ^a   Bolduc, Aline ^a   Buckland, Julie Anne ^a  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; STANDARD; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT TRANSFER; TRANSFER AGREEMENT;

EID: 77956872704     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-10-69     Document Type: Article

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