Prediction of readmissions after CABG using detailed follow-up data: The Israeli CABG study (ISCAB)

Medical Care

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 625-636

  Zitser Gurevich, Yana ^a   Simchen, Elisheva ^a,b,d   Galai, Noya ^a,c   Braun, Dalit ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Hospital readmission; Prediction; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT READMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033159748     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199907000-00002     Document Type: Article

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