Improving the Quality of Transitional Care for Persons with Complex Care Needs

Transitional care is a set of actions designed to ensure the coordination and continuity of healthcare as patients transfer between different locations or different levels of care within the same location. The authors discuss the improvement of transitional care.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) 2003-04, Vol.51 (4), p.556-557
Hauptverfasser:	Coleman, Eric A., Boult, Chad
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Biological and medical sciences care integration care transitions Complex Continuity of Patient Care - organization & administration Continuity of Patient Care - standards Elderly people Geriatrics Guidelines Health care Health needs Health Policy Humans Medical sciences Miscellaneous Prevention and actions Professional associations Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Quality Quality of Health Care systems of care systems of care, care transitions, care integration Transition USA
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Zusammenfassung:	Transitional care is a set of actions designed to ensure the coordination and continuity of healthcare as patients transfer between different locations or different levels of care within the same location. The authors discuss the improvement of transitional care.
ISSN:	0002-8614 1532-5415
DOI:	10.1046/j.1532-5415.2003.51186.x