Homeward Bound, not hospital rebound: How transitional palliative care can reduce readmission

Heart

Volumn 102, Issue 14, 2016, Pages 1079-1080

  Kavalieratos, Dio ^a   Rollman, Bruce L ^a,b   Arnold, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; TRANSITIONAL CARE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE;

HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; TRANSITIONAL CARE;

EID: 84964344209     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2016-309385     Document Type: Editorial

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