Perceptions of readmitted patients on the transition from hospital to home

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 709-712

  Kangovi, Shreya ^a,b   Grande, David ^b,c   Meehan, Patricia ^d   Mitra, Nandita ^b   Shannon, Richard ^c   Long, Judith A ^a,b,c,e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e Philadelphia VA Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TELECONSULTATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PENNSYLVANIA; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84872378610     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.1966     Document Type: Article

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