Measuring potentially avoidable hospital readmissions

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 573-587

  Halfon, Patricia ^a   Eggli, Yves ^b   Van Melle, Guy ^a   Chevalier, Julia ^c   Wasserfallen, Jean Blaise ^c   Burnand, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Avoidable; Hospitalization, Hospital quality, Risk factors; Readmission

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MODEL; NEWBORN; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RISK; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0036278056     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(01)00521-2     Document Type: Article

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