Hospital readmission rates: Are we Measuring the Right Thing?

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 910-912

  Oddone, Eugene Z ^a   Weinberger, Morris ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84871349410     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-157-12-201212180-00013     Document Type: Editorial

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