Potentially avoidable 30-day hospital readmissions in medical patients: Derivation and validation of a prediction model

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 632-638

  Donze, Jacques ^a,c   Aujesky, Drahomir ^d   Williams, Deborah ^a   Schnipper, Jeffrey L ^a,b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Academic Hospitalist Service   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; SODIUM;

ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84876785353     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.3023     Document Type: Article

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