Hospital Readmission Prevalence and Analysis of Those Potentially Avoidable in Southern Italy

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Bianco, Aida ^a   Molè, Antonio ^a   Nobile, Carmelo G A ^a   Di Giuseppe, Gabriella ^b   Pileggi, Claudia ^a   Angelillo, Italo F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT READMISSION; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84868335607     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048263     Document Type: Article

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