Improving Emergency Department Discharge Care with Telephone Follow-Up. Does It Connect?

Ula Hwang^{1

2

3}, S Nicole Hastings^{4

5

6

7}, Katherine Ramos^{5

7}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
² Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
³ Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx, NY.
⁴ Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC.
⁵ Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Duke University, Durham, NC.
⁶ Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC.
⁷ Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC.

PMID: 29272032
PMCID: PMC6555408
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.15218

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Improving Emergency Department Discharge Care with Telephone Follow-Up. Does It Connect?

Ula Hwang et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2018 Mar.

. 2018 Mar;66(3):436-438.

doi: 10.1111/jgs.15218. Epub 2017 Dec 22.

Authors

Ula Hwang^{1

2

3}, S Nicole Hastings^{4

5

6

7}, Katherine Ramos^{5

7}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
² Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
³ Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx, NY.
⁴ Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC.
⁵ Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Duke University, Durham, NC.
⁶ Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC.
⁷ Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC.

PMID: 29272032
PMCID: PMC6555408
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.15218

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