Impact of a national campaign on hospital readmissions in home care patients

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 176-182

  Schade, Charles Price ^a   Esslinger, Eve ^b   Anderson, Donna ^c   Sun, Yinghua ^c   Knowles, Bethany ^a  

^a West Virginia Medical Institute   (United States)

^b Quality Insights of Pennsylvania   (United States)

^c Quality Insights of Pennsylvania   (United States)

Author keywords

Home care services; Patient readmission; Program evaluation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME CARE; HOME HEALTH AGENCY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; OBSERVATION; PATIENT READMISSION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66049154501     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzp013     Document Type: Article

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