Hospital discharge and the transition home for poor patients: "I knew i couldn't do what they were asking me"

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 269-270

  Bernheim, Susannah M ^a,b   Ross, Joseph S ^a,b  

^a YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PATIENT DISCHARGE;

EID: 84894075908     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-013-2698-4     Document Type: Editorial

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