Preventable readmissions within 30 days of ischemic stroke among medicare beneficiaries

Stroke

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3429-3435

  Lichtman, Judith H ^a   Leifheit Limson, Erica C ^a   Jones, Sara B ^a   Wang, Yun ^b   Goldstein, Larry B ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Outcome assessment (health care); Patient readmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; ICD-9-CM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT;

OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; STROKE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY;

EID: 84889254632     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.003165     Document Type: Article

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