Comparison of effects between home visits with telephone calls and telephone calls only for transitional discharge support: A randomised controlled trial

Age and Ageing

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 91-97

  Wong, Frances Kam Yuet ^a   Chow, Susan Ka Yee ^a   Chan, Tony Moon Fai ^b   Tam, Stanley Kui Fu ^c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c Hong Kong Buddhist Hospital   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Home visits; Hospital readmissions; Older people; Telephone calls; Transitional discharge support

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TELECONSULTATION;

HOME VISITS; HOSPITAL READMISSIONS; OLDER PEOPLE; TELEPHONE CALLS; TRANSITIONAL DISCHARGE SUPPORT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HOME HEALTH NURSING; HONG KONG; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MALE; PATIENT CARE BUNDLES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF EFFICACY; TELEPHONE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84890322526     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/aft123     Document Type: Article

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