Last orders: Follow-up of tests ordered on the day of hospital discharge

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 1347-1349

  Ong, Mei Sing ^a   Magrabi, Farah ^a   Jones, Graham ^a,b   Coiera, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 84867145507     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.2836     Document Type: Article

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