Patterns and predictors of early hospital readmission in patients with congestive heart failure

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-23

  Hallerbach, Marco ^a   Francoeur, Amanda ^a   Pomerantz, Sherry C ^b   Oliner, Craig ^a   Morris, D Lynn ^a   Eiger, Glenn ^a   Cohn, Jeffrey ^a   Goldfinger, Michael ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrative data; Chronic renal insufficiency chronic renal failure; Congestive heart failure; Quality study; Readmission

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MANAGEMENT AUDIT; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37649003492     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860607310916     Document Type: Article

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