Standardized discharge planning assessments: Impact on patient outcomes

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 200-208

  Holland, Diane E ^a   Bowles, Kathryn H ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

discharge planning; hospitalization; patient discharge; patient outcomes assessment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862165200     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCQ.0b013e31824ebc59     Document Type: Article

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