Readmissions at a public safety net hospital

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Shimizu, Eri ^a,b,c   Glaspy, Kathleen ^a,d   Witt, Mallory D ^a,d   Poon, Kimble ^c   Black, Susan ^a   Schwartz, Shelley ^a   Bholat, Tasneem ^a   Diaz, Norma ^a   Kuo, Allen ^a   Spellberg, Brad ^a,d  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Maui Memorial Medical Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REIMBURSEMENT; SAFETY; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH INSURANCE; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY NET HOSPITAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY-NET PROVIDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897936496     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091244     Document Type: Article

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