Variation in the risk of readmission among hospitals: The relative contribution of patient, hospital and inpatient provider characteristics

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 572-578

  Singh, Siddhartha ^a   Lin, Yu Li ^b   Kuo, Yong Fang ^b   Nattinger, Ann B ^a   Goodwin, James S ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

hospitalist; readmissions; variation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDS; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84898596925     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-013-2723-7     Document Type: Article

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