Revisiting hospital readmissions

JAMA

Volumn 309, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 398-400

  Fontanarosa, Phil B ^b   McNutt, Robert A ^a  

^a RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICARE; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; HOSPITAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REIMBURSEMENT; STANDARD; TIME; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872826811     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2013.42     Document Type: Editorial

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