Patterns of emergency care use in residential care settings: Opportunities to improve quality of transitional care in the elderly

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 79-92

  Parsons, Pamela ^a   Boling, Peter A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Care transitions; Home care services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENTIAL HOME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 84920831075     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J027v26n04_06     Document Type: Article

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