Hospital readmissions - Not just a measure of quality

JAMA

Volumn 306, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 1796-1797

  Kangovi, Shreya ^a,b   Grande, David ^b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 80054882443     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.1562     Document Type: Note

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