Complexity science and the readmission dilemma

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 629-631

  Marks, Eric ^a  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NOTE; PATIENT SAFETY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 84876804445     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.4065     Document Type: Note

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