Thirty-day readmissions - Truth and consequences

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 366, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 1366-1369

  Joynt, Karen E ^a,b   Jha, Ashish K ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HOSPITAL READMISSION; INTEGRATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLITICS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 84859526005     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1201598     Document Type: Article

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