The value of adding a verbal report to written handoffs on early readmission following prolonged respiratory failure

Chest

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1475-1479

  Hess, Dean R ^a,b   Tokarczyk, Arthur ^c,d   O'Malley, Mary ^a   Gavaghan, Susan ^a   Sullivan, Judith ^a   Schmidt, Ulrich ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CARE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY THERAPIST; TELEPHONE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WRITTEN LANGUAGE;

EID: 78649863801     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.09-2140     Document Type: Article

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