Increased risk of readmission after discharge form hospitals on Friday;Mehr Wiederaufnahmen nach Krankenhausentlassung am Freitag

Deutsches Arzteblatt

Volumn 103, Issue 14, 2006, Pages

  Nüssler, Natascha C ^a   Schmidt Schönthal, Christiane ^a   Nüssler, Andreas K ^a   Langrehr, Jan M ^a   Kaiser, Ulrich ^b   Neushaus, Peter ^a   Lohmann, Rüdiger ^c  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Gmünder ErsatzKasse GEK   (Germany)

^c Lohmann and Birkne Health Care Consulting Gmbh   (Germany)

Author keywords

Admission; Discharge form hospital; Hospital retention period; In hospital care; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEATH; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME;

EID: 33646021338     PISSN: 00121207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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