The care transitions intervention: Translating from efficacy to effectiveness

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1232-1237

  Voss, Rachel ^a   Gardner, Rebekah ^a   Baier, Rosa ^a   Butterfield, Kristen ^a   Lehrman, Susan ^b   Gravenstein, Stefan ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PROVIDENCE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; URBAN AREA;

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT READMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHODE ISLAND; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79960933357     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.278     Document Type: Article

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