A randomized trial exploring the effect of a telephone call follow-up on care plan compliance among older adults discharged home from the emergency department

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 188-195

  Biese, Kevin ^a   Lamantia, Michael ^a,c   Shofer, Frances ^a,d   McCall, Brenda ^e   Roberts, Ellen ^a   Stearns, Sally C ^b   Principe, Stephanie ^f   Kizer, John S ^a   Cairns, Charles B ^a   Busby Whitehead, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR AGING RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

^f DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TELEMEDICINE; TELEPHONE;

EID: 84893969472     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12308     Document Type: Article

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