A high risk of hospitalization following release from correctional facilities in medicare beneficiaries: A retrospective matched cohort study, 2002 to 2010

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 1621-1628

  Wang, Emily A ^a   Wang, Yongfei ^a,b   Krumholz, Harlan M ^a,b,c,d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; PRISONER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MEDICARE; PRISONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884694865     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.9008     Document Type: Article

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