Can palliative home care reduce 30-day readmissions? Results of a propensity score matched cohort study

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1290-1293

  Ranganathan, Anjana ^a   Dougherty, Meredith ^a,b   Waite, David ^b   Casarett, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROBABILITY; PROPENSITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT READMISSION; PROPENSITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84885789936     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2013.0213     Document Type: Article

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