Functional status-An important but overlooked variable in the readmissions equation

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 330-331

  Greysen, S Ryan ^a   Covinsky, Kenneth E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ICD-9; MEDICAL STAFF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; MALE; REHABILITATION CENTER; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; REHABILITATION CENTERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84899977290     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2170     Document Type: Article

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