Predicting potentially avoidable hospitalizations

Medical Care

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 164-171

  Gao, Jian ^a   Moran, Eileen ^a   Li, Yu Fang ^a   Almenoff, Peter L ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

avoidable hospitalizations; predictive power; primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 84892996495     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000041     Document Type: Article

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