The Caregiver Perspective on Unscheduled 72-Hour Return Visits to Pediatric Acute Care Sites: A Focus on Discharge Processes

Academic Pediatrics

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 755-761

  Navanandan, Nidhya ^a   Schmidt, Sarah K ^a   Cabrera, Natasha ^b   DiStefano, Michael C ^a   Mistry, Rakesh D ^a  

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

^b Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

caregiver; discharge; return visits; unscheduled returns

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAREGIVER; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COLLEGE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SATISFACTION; SPEECH; VALIDATION PROCESS; AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; INFANT; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEDIATRICS; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT DISCHARGE SUMMARIES; PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEDIATRICS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85016593257     PISSN: 18762859     EISSN: 18762867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2017.02.003     Document Type: Article

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