Hospital readmission among participants in a transitional case management program

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 778-783

  Ahmed, Osman I ^a   Rak, David J ^a  

^a OPTUM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT READMISSION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649477466     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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