Randomized controlled trial of a nursing intervention to reduce emergency department revisits

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 13-20

  Cossette, Sylvie ^a   Vadeboncoeur, Alain ^a   Frasure Smith, Nancy ^b   McCusker, Jane ^c   Perreault, Danielle ^a   Guertin, Marie Claude ^d  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Montreal Health Innovations Coordinating Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiac diseases; Emergency department; Nursing intervention; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING INTERVENTION; NURSING OUTCOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT VISITOR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; AGED; CANADA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRENDS;

AGED; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; QUEBEC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84953342480     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818043     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/8000.2013.131291     Document Type: Article

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