The relationship between hospital admission rates and rehospitalizations

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 365, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 2287-2295

  Epstein, Arnold M ^a,b   Jha, Ashish K ^a,b,c   Orav, E John ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CASE MIX; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PHYSICIAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONOLOGIST; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICARE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT READMISSION; PNEUMONIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855179168     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa1101942     Document Type: Article

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