Readmissions after unauthorized discharges in the cardiovascular setting

Medical Care

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 215-224

  Onukwugha, Eberechukwu ^a   Mullins, C Daniel ^a   Loh, F Ellen ^a   Saunders, Elijah ^b   Shaya, Fadia T ^a   Weir, Matthew R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

against medical advice; discharges; readmissions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEFIBRILLATOR; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; SELECTION BIAS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78751630775     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31820192a5     Document Type: Article

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