Relationship between early physician follow-up and 30-day readmission among medicare beneficiaries hospitalized for heart failure

JAMA

Volumn 303, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 1716-1722

  Hernandez, Adrian F ^a,b   Greiner, Melissa A ^a   Fonarow, Gregg C ^c   Hammill, Bradley G ^a   Heidenreich, Paul A ^d   Yancy, Clyde W ^e   Peterson, Eric D ^a,b   Curtis, Lesley H ^a,b  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AFTERCARE; LENGTH OF STAY; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AFTERCARE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951894040     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2010.533     Document Type: Article

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