Community health workers combat readmission

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 1756-1757

  Kangovi, Shreya ^a,b,d   Long, Judith A ^a,b,d   Emanuel, Ezekiel ^b,c,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COMMUNITY CARE; COMORBIDITY; COST CONTROL; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INSECURITY; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HOUSING; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; NOTE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; POLYPHARMACY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871358350     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/2013.jamainternmed.82     Document Type: Note

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