Patient understanding of emergency department discharge instructions: Where are knowledge deficits greatest?

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2012, Pages E1035-E1044

  Engel, Kirsten G ^a   Buckley, Barbara A ^c   Forth, Victoria E ^a   McCarthy, Danielle M ^a   Ellison, Emily P ^b   Schmidt, Michael J ^a   Adams, James G ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; HYDROCODONE; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE PLUS PARACETAMOL; METRONIDAZOLE; ONDANSETRON; TAMSULOSIN;

ADULT; ANKLE SPRAIN; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY WARD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD INJURY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; KNOWLEDGE DEFICIT; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICINE; NAUSEA; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECALL; RISK FACTOR; TELECONSULTATION;

EID: 84866431789     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2012.01425.x     Document Type: Article

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