Transitional care interventions prevent hospital readmissions for adults with chronic illnesses

Health Affairs

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1531-1539

  Verhaegh, Kim J ^a   MacNeil Vroomen, Janet L ^a   Eslami, Saeid ^a   Geerlings, Suzanne E ^a   de Rooij, Sophia E ^a   Buurman, Bianca M ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC PATIENT; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE; HOME; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SELF CARE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TRANSITIONAL CARE INTERVENTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; HOME CARE; PATIENT CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84907057366     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2014.0160     Document Type: Article

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