Application of an Analytic Model to Early Readmission Rates Within the Department of Veterans Affairs

Medical Care

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 768-781

  Wray, Nelda P ^a,b   Peterson, Nancy J ^a,b   Souchek, Julianne ^a,b   Ashton, Carol M ^a,b   Hollingsworth, John C ^a,b  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrative databases; Database analysis; Disease outcome pairs; Quality of care; Readmission

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OUTLIERS, DRG; PATIENT READMISSION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 0031201905     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199708000-00003     Document Type: Article

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