Older patients' understanding of emergency department discharge information and its relationship with adverse outcomes

Journal of Patient Safety

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-25

  Hastings, Susan N ^a,b,c,d   Barrett, Amanda ^c   Weinberger, Morris ^a,e   Oddone, Eugene Z ^a   Ragsdale, Luna ^c   Hocker, Michael ^c   Schmader, Kenneth E ^a,b,c  

^a Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e IL   (United States)

Author keywords

discharge information; emergency department; older adults

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CARE; STATISTICS; TIME; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DATA COLLECTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CARE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952439002     PISSN: 15498417     EISSN: 15498425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PTS.0b013e31820c7678     Document Type: Article

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