The effect of hospitalist discontinuity on adverse events

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 147-151

  O'Leary, Kevin J ^a   Turner, Jonathan ^b   Christensen, Nicholas ^a   Ma, Madeleine ^a   Lee, Jungwha ^a   Williams, Mark V ^c   Hansen, Luke O ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University Hospital   (Georgia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; AGED; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; PATIENT SAFETY; RANDOMIZATION; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

ADULT; AGED; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITALISTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84923834756     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2308     Document Type: Article

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