Skilled nursing facility referral and hospital readmission rates after heart failure or myocardial infarction

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Chen, Jersey ^a   Ross, Joseph S ^a   Carlson, Melissa D A ^b   Lin, Zhenqiu ^c   Normand, Sharon Lise T ^d   Bernheim, Susannah M ^a,c   Drye, Elizabeth E ^c   Ling, Shari M ^e   Han, Lein F ^e   Rapp, Michael T ^e   Krumholz, Harlan M ^a,c,f  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Health services research; Heart failure; Hospitals; Readmission; Skilled nursing facilities

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; NURSING CARE; NURSING HOME; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT READMISSION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84455178893     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.06.011     Document Type: Article

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