A path forward on medicare readmissions

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 368, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 1175-1177

  Joynt, Karen E ^a,b,d   Jha, Ashish K ^a,c,d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 84875544427     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1300122     Document Type: Article

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