Adding socioeconomic data to hospital readmissions calculations may produce more useful results

Health Affairs

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 786-791

  Nagasako, Elna M ^a   Reidhead, Mat ^b   Waterman, Brian ^c   Claiborne Dunagan, W ^d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Missouri Hospital Association   (United States)

^c IBM WATSON HEALTH   (United States)

^d BJC HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PNEUMONIA; POVERTY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84899880729     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.1148     Document Type: Article

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