Improving patient handovers from hospital to primary care: A systematic review

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 417-428

  Hesselink, Gijs ^a   Schoonhoven, Lisette ^a   Barach, Paul ^b   Spijker, Anouk ^a   Gademan, Petra ^b   Kalkman, Cor ^b   Liefers, Janine ^a   Vernooij Dassen, Myrra ^a   Wollersheim, Hub ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CINAHL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMMUNITY CARE; ELECTRONICS; EMBASE; FOLLOW UP; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDLINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCINFO; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 84868335014     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-157-6-201209180-00006     Document Type: Review

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