Cost-effectiveness of a health-social partnership transitional program for post-discharge medical patients

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Wong, Frances Kam Yuet ^a   Chau, June ^b   So, Ching ^b   Tam, Stanley Ku Fu ^c   McGhee, Sarah ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Hong Kong Buddhist Hospital   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cost effective analysis; Health social transitional care; Readmission

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84871402124     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-479     Document Type: Article

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