Low-cost transitional care with nurse managers making mostly phone contact with patients cut rehospitalization at A VA hospital

Health Affairs

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2659-2668

  Kind, Amy J H ^a,b   Jensen, Laury ^a   Barczi, Steve ^b   Bridges, Alan ^b   Kordahl, Rebecca ^a   Smith, Maureen A ^c   Asthana, Sanjay ^b  

^a WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ARTICLE; COORDINATED TRANSITIONAL CARE PROGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; NURSE MANAGER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; RURAL AREA; TELEMEDICINE; AGED; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL COST; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELENURSING; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; COST SAVINGS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TELENURSING; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84871893118     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2012.0366     Document Type: Article

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