Thirty-day, all-cause readmissions for elderly patients who have an injury-related inpatient stay

Medical Care

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 863-869

  Spector, William D ^a   Mutter, Ryan ^a   Owens, Pamela ^a   Limcangco, Rhona ^b  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^b SOCIAL AND SCIENTIFIC SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

hospital readmission; injury; readmission rate

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SEVERITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSFUSION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84866540138     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31825f2840     Document Type: Article

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