Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals Have Low Impact on Medicare Readmissions to Short-Term Acute Care Hospitals

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 502-509

  Grigonis, Antony M ^a   Snyder, Lisa K ^a   Dawson, Amanda M ^a  

^a Select Medical Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

long term acute care hospital; Medicare; readmission; rehospitalization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FACTUAL DATABASE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LONG-TERM ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL; MEDICARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

LONG-TERM ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL; MEDICARE; READMISSION; REHOSPITALIZATION;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MEDICARE; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887579903     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860613481378     Document Type: Article

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