Factors associated with the incidence of hospital readmission;Factores asociados a la incidencia de reingresos hospitalarios

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 4-8

  Fernández Gracia, José ^a   Martínez González, Miguel Ángel ^b   Garcia Rodríguez, José ^a   Bueno Cavanillas, Aurora ^b   Lardelli Claret, Pablo ^b   García Martín, Miguel ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APACHE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

APACHE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 0031564403     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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