"Excess readmissions" for pneumonia: A dilemma with a penalty

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 368-369

  Sexton, Daniel J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospitalization; Outcome; Pneumonia; Readmission; Reimbursement

Indexed keywords

FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; TERMINAL CARE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; FEMALE; MALE; OUTCOME; REIMBURSEMENT; STATISTICS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

HOSPITALIZATION; OUTCOME; PNEUMONIA; READMISSION; REIMBURSEMENT;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84880357605     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit260     Document Type: Note

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