Hospital readmission rates: The impacts of age, payer, and mental health diagnoses

Journal of Ambulatory Care Management

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 147-155

  Fuller, Richard L ^a   Atkinson, Graham ^b   McCullough, Elizabeth C ^a   Hughes, John S ^c  

^a 3M COMPANY   (United States)

^b JKTG Foundation for Health and Policy   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REIMBURSEMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875018587     PISSN: 01489917     EISSN: 15503267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JAC.0b013e3182866c1c     Document Type: Article

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