Controlling hospital readmission of elderly persons living at home: A risk factor analysis

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 5-16

  Kellogg, F Russell ^a   Brickner, Philip W ^a   Conley, Loretta ^a   Conroy, Michael ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; GERIATRICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

AGED; DATA COLLECTION; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 500 AND OVER; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK CITY; PATIENT READMISSION; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0026270012     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J027v12n02_02     Document Type: Article

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