Does race affect readmission to hospital after critical illness?

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 66-76

  Epstein, Carol Diane ^a   Tsaras, Geoffrey ^b   Amoateng Adjepong, Yaw ^b   Greiner, Philip A ^c   Manthous, Constantine ^b  

^a PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEGRO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; CONNECTICUT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 58149486683     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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