One home health agency's quality improvement project to decrease rehospitalizations: Utilizing a transitions model

Home Healthcare Nurse

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 180-193

  Evdokimoff, Merrily ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; ECONOMICS; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; STATISTICS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MODELS, NURSING; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952849199     PISSN: 0884741X     EISSN: 15390713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NHH.0b013e31820c158d     Document Type: Review

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