Multidisciplinary case management for patients at high risk of hospitalization: Comparison of virtual ward models in the United Kingdom, United States, and Canada

Population Health Management

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 315-321

  Lewis, Geraint ^a   Wright, Lorraine ^a   Vaithianathan, Rhema ^b  

^a Health Education England   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CANADA; CASE MANAGEMENT; CASE REPORT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY CARE; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; JOINT EXAMINATION; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SELECTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL WORKER; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WARD;

CANADA; CASE MANAGEMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PLANNING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84866342757     PISSN: 19427891     EISSN: 19427905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pop.2011.0086     Document Type: Article

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