Pending laboratory tests and the hospital discharge summary in patients discharged to sub-acute care

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 393-398

  Walz, Stacy E ^a   Smith, Maureen ^a   Cox, Elizabeth ^a   Sattin, Justin ^a   Kind, Amy J H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

hospital discharge; laboratory tests; sub acute care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CANCER PATIENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINE CULTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBACUTE CARE;

EID: 79953720835     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-010-1583-7     Document Type: Article

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