FPs Lower hospital readmission rates and Costs

American Family Physician

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1054-1054

  Chetty, Veerappa K ^a   Culpepper, Larry ^a   Phillips Jr , Robert L ^a   Rankin, Jennifer ^a   Xierali, Imam ^a   Finnegan, Sean ^a   Jack, Brian ^a  

^a ROBERT GRAHAM CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICARE; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; UNITED STATES; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; STATISTICS;

COST CONTROL; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; PATIENT READMISSION; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79956359347     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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