Quality collaboratives and campaigns to reduce readmissions: What strategies are hospitals using?

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 601-608

  Bradley, Elizabeth H ^a,b   Sipsma, Heather ^a   Curry, Leslie ^a,b   Mehrotra, Devi ^a   Horwitz, Leora I ^b,c   Krumholz, Harlan ^a,b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEART REHABILITATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICATION RECONCILIATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887065372     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2076     Document Type: Article

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