Telephone follow-up as a primary care intervention for postdischarge outcomes improvement: A systematic review

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 125, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 915-921

  Crocker, J Benjamin ^a   Crocker, Jonathan T ^b   Greenwald, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care delivery; Primary care; Systematic reviews; Technology assessment; Telephone follow up

Indexed keywords

DATA EXTRACTION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TELEPHONE;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RESEARCH DESIGN; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865697763     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2012.01.035     Document Type: Review

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