Does increased access to primary care reduce hospital readmissions?

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 334, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 1441-1447

  Weinberger, Morris ^a,d   Oddone, Eugene Z ^b   Henderson, William G ^c  

^a Richard L Roudeboush Vet Aff M   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029892519     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199605303342206     Document Type: Article

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