The Current Landscape of Transitions of Care Practice Models: A Scoping Review

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 117-133

  Rochester Eyeguokan, Charmaine D ^a   Pincus, Kathleen J ^a   Patel, Roshni S ^b   Reitz, Shirley J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Cambia Health Solutions   (United States)

Author keywords

care transitions; health outcomes; patient discharge; patient readmission; patient transfer; postdischarge follow up; practice models; scoping review; TOC; transition of care

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CINAHL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBASE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANDSCAPE; LANGUAGE; MEDICINE; MEDLINE; MODEL; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PUBLISHING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; WEB OF SCIENCE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PATIENT TRANSFER; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84960877127     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: 18759114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/phar.1685     Document Type: Review

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