Early readmission as an indicator of hospital quality of care;Évaluation du taux de réadmissions précoces comme indicateur de la qualité des soins à l'hôpital

Revue d'Epidemiologie et de Sante Publique

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 183-191

  Francois P ^a   Bertrand, D ^a   Beden, C ^b   Fauconnier, J ^b   Olive, F ^b  

^a Pavillon D Villars CHU de Grenoble   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Health care quality; Patient readmission; Quality indicator

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0034743973     PISSN: 03987620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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