Interval examination: Establishment of a hospitalist-staffed discharge clinic

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1377-1382

  Doctoroff, Lauren ^a,b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Care transitions; Hospital outpatient clinic; Hospitalist; Patient discharge

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FUNDING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SCHEDULING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HOSPITALISTS; HUMANS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING;

EID: 84866944274     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-012-2150-1     Document Type: Article

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