The Effect of a Care Transition Intervention on the Patient Experience of Older Multi-Lingual Adults in the Safety Net: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1788-1794

  Chan, Brian ^a   Goldman, L Elizabeth ^a   Sarkar, Urmimala ^a   Schneidermann, Michelle ^a   Kessell, Eric ^a   Guzman, David ^a   Critchfield, Jeff ^a   Kushel, Margot ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Patient experience; Randomized controlled trial; Transitions of care; Vulnerable populations

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH LITERACY; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; NURSE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY NET HOSPITAL; TRANSITION TO ADULT CARE; AFTERCARE; CALIFORNIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AFTERCARE; AGED; CALIFORNIA; COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILINGUALISM; NURSING SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SAFETY-NET PROVIDERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84946499867     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-015-3362-y     Document Type: Article

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