Shifting the dialogue from hospital readmissions to unplanned care

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 450-453

  Baier, Rosa R ^a,b   Gardner, Rebekah L ^a,b   Coleman, Eric A ^c   Jencks, Steven F ^d   Mor, Vincent ^b,e,f   Gravenstein, Stefan ^a,b,e  

^a Healthcentric Advisors   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d Consultant in Healthcare Safety and Quality ^*  (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Providence VAMC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MEDICARE PART A; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RHODE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881160080     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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