Healthcare utilization in women after abdominal surgery for ovarian cancer

Nursing Research

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-57

  McCorkle, Ruth ^a   Jeon, Sangchoon ^a   Ercolano, Elizabeth ^a   Schwartz, Peter ^b  

^a Institute for Health and Aging   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

advanced practice nurse; clinical home; coordination of care; healthcare utilization; ovarian cancer; primary care

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ONCOLOGY NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OVARY TUMOR; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; AGED; CONNECTICUT; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WOMEN;

EID: 78650910546     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNR.0b013e3181ff77e4     Document Type: Article

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