The journey across the health care (Dis)continuum for vulnerable patients: Policies, pitfalls, and possibilities

JAMA

Volumn 307, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 2157-2158

  Jenq, Grace ^a   Tinetti, Mary E ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

EID: 84861364879     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.5566     Document Type: Short Survey

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