Postdischarge care and readmissions

Medical Care

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1988, Pages 699-708

  Smith, David M ^a,b   Weinberger, Morris ^a,c   Katz, Barry P ^a   Moore, Patricia S ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RICHARD L ROUDEBUSH VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Appointments and schedules; Hospitalization; Patient ambulatory care; Patient readmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFTERCARE; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

AFTERCARE; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 100 TO 299; HUMAN; INDIANA; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT READMISSION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0024039722     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-198807000-00005     Document Type: Article

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