Predicting risk of hospitalization or death among patients receiving primary care in the veterans health administration

Medical Care

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 368-373

  Wang, Li ^a   Porter, Brian ^b   Maynard, Charles ^a,b   Evans, Ginger ^a,b   Bryson, Christopher ^a,b   Sun, Haili ^a   Gupta, Indra ^a   Lowy, Elliott ^a   McDonell, Mary ^c   Frisbee, Kathleen ^c   Nielson, Christopher ^c   Kirkland, Fred ^c   Fihn, Stephan ^b,c  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c VHA Office of Informatics and Analytics   (United States)

Author keywords

death; hospitalization; primary care; statistical models

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884212470     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31827da95a     Document Type: Article

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