Thirty-day readmissions: The clock is ticking

JAMA

Volumn 309, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 345-346

  Vaduganathan, Muthiah ^a   Bonow, Robert O ^b   Gheorghiade, Mihai ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

AFTERDISCHARGE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL FINANCE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MANAGED CARE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SHORT SURVEY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REIMBURSEMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872804866     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.205110     Document Type: Short Survey

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