Pneumonia rehospitalization of the medicare fee-for-service patient: A state-level analysis: Exploring 30-day readmission factors

Professional Case Management

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 126-131

  Schmeida, Mary ^a   Savrin, Ronald A ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Beneficiary Protection Quality Improvement Organization Support Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Medicare FFS patient; multivariate regression analysis; pneumonia readmission; rehospitalization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CASE MANAGEMENT; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OHIO; PATIENT READMISSION; PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859759140     PISSN: 15297764     EISSN: 15390675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCM.0b013e31823be14d     Document Type: Article

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