Change in readmissions and follow-up visits as part of a heart failure readmission quality improvement initiative

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 989-994.e1

  Ryan, Jason ^a   Kang, Sangwook ^a   Dolacky, Steven ^a   Ingrassia, Joseph ^a   Ganeshan, Raj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Quality improvement; Readmissions

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; AMBULATORY CARE; EVALUATION STUDY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERY ELDERLY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT READMISSION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84886391942     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2013.06.027     Document Type: Article

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