Stroke patients entering nursing home care: a content analysis of discharge letters

Catherine M. Sackley, Kate Pound

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

14 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

To examine the information contained in medical and nursing staff hospital discharge letters for stroke patients entering nursing home care.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)736-740
Number of pages5
JournalClinical Rehabilitation
Volume16
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2002

Keywords

  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Humans
  • Stroke
  • Communication
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Aged
  • Correspondence as Topic
  • Quality Indicators, Health Care
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Patient Discharge
  • Female
  • Male
  • Nursing Homes
  • Continuity of Patient Care

Cite this