Impact of a Social Work Care Coordination Intervention on Hospital Readmission: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Social Work (United States)

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 248-255

  Bronstein, Laura R ^a   Gould, Paul ^a   Berkowitz, Shawn A ^b   James, Gary D ^c   Marks, Kris ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Summit ElderCare Program   (United States)

^c Biomedical Anthropology Program Department of Anthropology   (United States)

Author keywords

case management; community based care; health; hospital readmission; interdisciplinary collaboration

Indexed keywords

AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL WORK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PATIENT READMISSION; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 84937030235     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: 15456846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/swv016     Document Type: Article

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