Hospitalized patients' understanding of their plan of care.

Kevin J. O'Leary; Nita Kulkarni; Matthew P. Landler; Jiyeon Jeon; Katherine J. Hahn; Katherine M. Englert; Mark Williams V

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Hospitalized patients' understanding of their plan of care.

January 27, 2010

O'Leary KJ, Kulkarni N, Landler MP, et al. Mayo Clin Proc. 2010;85(1):47-52.

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The majority of hospitalized patients in this study could not name their hospital physicians and had significant misconceptions of their plan of care.

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