A predictive score to identify hospitalized patients' risk of discharge to a post-acute care facility

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Louis Simonet, Martine ^a   Kossovsky, Michel P ^a   Chopard, Pierre ^a   Sigaud, Philippe ^a   Perneger, Thomas V ^a   Gaspoz, Jean Michel ^a  

^a University Hospital   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBACUTE CARE;

EID: 48749091168     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-154     Document Type: Article

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