Factors influencing emergency medical readmission risk in a UK district general hospital: A prospective study

BMC Emergency Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Lyratzopoulos, Georgios ^a,b   Havely, Daniel ^c   Gemmell, Islay ^b   Cook, Gary A ^c  

^a Cambridgeshire Strat Hlth Auth   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c STOCKPORT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 25444515463     PISSN: 1471227X     EISSN: 1471227X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-227X-5-1     Document Type: Article

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