Residents Examine Factors Associated With 30-Day, Same-Cause Hospital Readmissions on an Internal Medicine Service

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 492-501

  Moran, Jennifer ^a,b   Colbert, Colleen Y ^a,b   Song, Juhee ^a,b   Hull, Joshua ^a,b   Rajan, Sabitha ^a,b   Varghees, Sunita ^a,b   Arroliga, Alejandro C ^a,b   Reddy, Santosh P ^a,b  

^a SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

30 day readmissions; airway disease; anemia; internal medicine; Medicaid; referral to social services

Indexed keywords

30-DAY READMISSIONS; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL TO SOCIAL SERVICES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

30-DAY READMISSIONS; AIRWAY DISEASE; ANEMIA; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAID; REFERRAL TO SOCIAL SERVICES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887589148     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860613480827     Document Type: Article

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