Effects of an acute care for elders unit on costs and 30-day readmissions

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 981-987

  Flood, Kellie L ^a   MacLennan, Paul A ^b   McGrew, Deborah ^a   Green, Darlene ^a   Dodd, Cindy ^a   Brown, Cynthia J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Kentucky   (United States)

^c BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84878778264     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.524     Document Type: Article

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