Adverse events among Ontario home care clients associated with emergency room visit or hospitalization: A retrospective cohort study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Doran, Diane M ^a   Hirdes, John P ^b   Blais, Regis ^c   Baker, G Ross ^d   Poss, Jeff W ^b   Li, Xiaoqiang ^a   Dill, Donna ^e   Gruneir, Andrea ^f   Heckman, George ^b   Lacroix, Hélène ^g   Mitchell, Lori ^h   O'Beirne, Maeve ⁱ   White, Nancy ^j   Droppo, Lisa ^k   Foebel, Andrea D ^b   Qian, Gan ^a   Nahm, Sang Myong ^a   Yim, Odilia ^a   McIsaac, Corrine ^l   Jantzi, Micaela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e Nova Scotia Department of Health and Wellness   (Canada)

^f WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g Saint Elizabeth Health Care   (Canada)

^h WINNIPEG REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^j CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH INFORMATION   (Canada)

^k Ottawa CCAC   (Canada)

^l CAPE BRETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; ONTARIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84879093352     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-227     Document Type: Article

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