Contemporary evidence about hospital strategies for reducing 30-day readmissions: A national study

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 607-614

  Bradley, Elizabeth H ^a,b   Curry, Leslie ^a,b   Horwitz, Leora I ^b,c   Sipsma, Heather ^a   Thompson, Jennifer W ^a   Elma, Maryanne ^d   Walsh, Mary Norine ^e   Krumholz, Harlan M ^a,b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY   (United States)

^e St Vincent Heart Center of Indiana   (United States)

Author keywords

AMI; discharge; heart failure; medication reconciliation; quality improvement; readmissions

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOLLOW UP; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART FAILURE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RISK REDUCTION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84864716446     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.03.067     Document Type: Article

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