Use of hospital-based acute care among patients recently discharged from the hospital

JAMA

Volumn 309, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 364-371

  Vashi, Anita A ^a,c   Fox, Justin P ^d   Carr, Brendan G ^e   D'Onofrio, Gail ^a   Pines, Jesse M ^f   Ross, Joseph S ^a,g   Gross, Cary P ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFTERCARE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; UNITED STATES; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FACTUAL DATABASE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872812767     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.216219     Document Type: Article

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