Redefining hospital readmissions to better reflect clinical course of care for heart failure patients

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 98-102

  Guo, Lin ^a   Chung, Eugene S ^b,c   Casey Jr , Donald E ^d   Snow, Richard ^e  

^a XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ohio Heart and Vascular Center   (United States)

^c CHRIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Atlantic Health   (United States)

^e Applied Health Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Hospital readmission; Hospitalization; Methodology; Outcomes research

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34047133647     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860606298245     Document Type: Article

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