Preventing 30-day readmissions

Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 123-137

  Stevens, Sherri ^a  

^a MTSU   (United States)

Author keywords

Compliance; Discharge teaching; Health literacy; Readmissions; Telehealth

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH LITERACY; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; NURSING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PNEUMONIA; PROCEDURES; TELEMEDICINE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PATIENT READMISSION; PNEUMONIA; TELEMEDICINE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84922925561     PISSN: 00296465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnur.2014.10.010     Document Type: Review

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