Warfarin use post hospitalization: Pilot comparative effectiveness of telephone follow-up

Rehabilitation Nursing

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 80-87

  Polek, Carolee ^a   Hardie, Thomas ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Management; Pharmacology; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION NURSING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REHABILITATION NURSING; WARFARIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861035748     PISSN: 02784807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/RNJ.00014     Document Type: Article

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