Hospital length of stay and readmission: An early investigation

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 99-111

  Carey, Kathleen ^a   Lin, Meng Yun ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

hospitals; length of stay; readmissions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; REDUCTION; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT READMISSION; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891858711     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558713504998     Document Type: Article

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