Improving follow-up of high-risk psychiatry outpatients at resident year-end transfer

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 300-308

  Young, John Q ^a   Pringle, Zoe ^b   Wachter, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHIATRY; TIME;

COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; OUTPATIENTS; PSYCHIATRY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79959548667     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(11)37038-9     Document Type: Article

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