Development and testing of an analytic model to identify home healthcare patients at risk for a hospitalization within the first 60 days of care

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 21-36

  Rosati, Robert J ^a   Huang, Liping ^b  

^a VISITING NURSE SERVICE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Hoffmann La Roche Ltd   (United States)

Author keywords

Homecare; Hospitalization; OASIS; Outcome measurement; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34748905933     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J027v26n04_03     Document Type: Article

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