Profiling hospitals based on emergency readmission: A multilevel transition modelling approach

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 487-499

  Demir, Eren ^a,b   Chaussalet, Thierry ^a,b   Adeyemi, Shola ^a,b   Toffa, Sam ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emergency readmission; Grid; Multilevel transition model; Profiling hospitals

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOMES; CANCER PATIENTS; DATA SETS; DIVERSE RANGE; EMERGENCY READMISSION; ENGLAND; GRID; HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS; MEASURES OF PERFORMANCE; MULTILEVEL MODEL; PERFORMANCE INDICES; PERFORMANCE MEASURE; QUALITY OF CARE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RIGHT-TO-KNOW; RISK ADJUSTMENT; TRANSITION MODEL; TRANSITION MODELLING; UNITED KINGDOM;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

HOSPITALS;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PROCESS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84867403118     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: 18727565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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