Medicare beneficiaries most likely to be readmitted

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 639-641

  Berkowitz, Scott A ^a   Anderson, Gerard F ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE MIX; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PATIENT READMISSION; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887103221     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2074     Document Type: Article

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