Prediction of pneumonia 30-day readmissions: A single-center attempt to increase model performance

Respiratory Care

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 199-208

  Mather, Jeffrey F ^a   Fortunato, Gilbert J ^a   Ash, Jenifer L ^a   Davis, Michael J ^a   Kumar, Ajay ^a  

^a HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; CMS; Healthcare utilization; Pneumonia; Readmission; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART FAILURE; HEMATOCRIT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INCOME; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOCK;

CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES; CMS; HEALTHCARE UTILIZATION; PNEUMONIA; READMISSION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

AGED; CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; PNEUMONIA; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893276202     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: 19433654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4187/respcare.02563     Document Type: Article

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