Hospital readmissions at the communitywide level: Implications for case management

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1-15

  Lagoe, Ronald J ^a,d   Noetscher, Cheryl M ^b   Murphy, Mark E ^c  

^a Hospital Executive Council   (United States)

^b Crouse and Comm General Hospitals   (United States)

^c ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^d University Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital readmissions; Hospitalization; Patient outcomes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; CASE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HUMANS; NEW YORK; PATIENT READMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0034221168     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001786-200007000-00004     Document Type: Article

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