Predictors of hospital readmission after stroke: A systematic review

Stroke

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2525-2533

  Lichtman, Judith H ^a   Leifheit Limson, Erica C ^a   Jones, Sara B ^a   Watanabe, Emi ^a   Bernheim, Susannah M ^b   Phipps, Michael S ^a,b   Bhat, Kanchana R ^b   Savage, Shantal V ^b   Goldstein, Larry B ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ischemic stroke; models; outcomes; readmission; systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVALUATION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PEER REVIEW; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT READMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 78149357883     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.599159     Document Type: Article

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