Reducing 30-day readmissions: Health literacy strategies

Journal of Nursing Administration

Volumn 43, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 382-387

  Cloonan, Patricia ^a   Wood, Jade ^a   Riley, Joan B ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH LITERACY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; MEDICATION RECONCILIATION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881537326     PISSN: 00020443     EISSN: 15390721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNA.0b013e31829d6082     Document Type: Article

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