Project BOOST: Effectiveness of a multihospital effort to reduce rehospitalization

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 421-427

  Hansen, Luke O ^a   Greenwald, Jeffrey L ^b   Budnitz, Tina ^c   Howell, Eric ^d   Halasyamani, Lakshmi ^e   Maynard, Greg ^c,f   Vidyarthi, Arpana ^g   Coleman, Eric A ^h   Williams, Mark V ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Society of Hospital Medicine   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Saint Joseph Mercy Health System   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^g DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HUMANS; PATIENT READMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84881552882     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2054     Document Type: Article

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