Impact of an innovative inpatient patient navigator program on length of stay and 30-day readmission

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 799-803

  Kwan, Janice L ^a,b   Morgan, Matthew W ^a,b   Stewart, Thomas E ^b,c   Bell, Chaim M ^a,b,d  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Systeme de sante de Niagara   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT NAVIGATOR PROGRAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; ADULT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT NAVIGATION; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84954366197     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2442     Document Type: Article

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