Identifying Hospital Organizational Strategies to Reduce Readmissions

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 278-285

  Ahmad, Faraz S ^a   Metlay, Joshua P ^a   Barg, Frances K ^a   Henderson, Rebecca R ^a   Werner, Rachel M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

care transitions; qualitative methods; quality; readmissions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARE TRANSITIONS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE METHODS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CARE TRANSITIONS; QUALITATIVE METHODS; QUALITY; READMISSIONS;

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84879964048     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860612464999     Document Type: Article

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