The impact of hospital utilization on patient readmission rate

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-36

  Anderson, David ^a   Golden, Bruce ^a   Jank, Wolfgang ^a   Wasil, Edward ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthcare operations; Hospital utilization; Readmission rate

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RACE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AGE FACTORS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84856302381     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10729-011-9178-3     Document Type: Article

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