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Title
Tying up loose ends: discharging patients with unresolved medical issues.
Authors
Moore, Carlton; McGinn, Thomas; Halm, Ethan
Abstract
Patients are increasingly being discharged from the hospital with unresolved medical problems requiring outpatient follow-up. This study evaluates the frequency with which hospital physicians recommend outpatient workups to address patients' unresolved medical problems and the impact that availability of discharge summaries has on workup completion.
Publication
Archives of internal medicine, 2007, Vol 167, Issue 12, p1305