Derivation and validation of a formula to estimate risk for 30-day readmission in medical patients

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 271-277

  Taha, Mohammad ^a   Pal, Aroop ^a   Mahnken, Jonathan D ^a   Rigler, Sally K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Comorbidity; Patient readmission; Polypharmacy; Risk prediction

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; DIGOXIN; ENOXAPARIN; FONDAPARINUX; INSULIN; WARFARIN;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH LITERACY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; ADULT; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPHARMACY; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT READMISSION; POLYPHARMACY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901841971     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzu038     Document Type: Article

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