Improving telephone follow-up for patients discharged from the emergency department: Results of a randomized controlled trial

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 456-462

  Menchine, Michael ^a   Oberfoell, Stephanie ^b   Schriger, David ^b   Walker, Christopher ^a   Riddell, Jeff ^a   Arora, Sanjay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TELEPHONE;

ADULT; AFTERCARE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEPHONE;

EID: 84877899871     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12128     Document Type: Article

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