Predictors of rehospitalization after admission for pneumonia in the veterans affairs healthcare system

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 379-383

  Tang, Victoria L ^a,b   Halm, Ethan A ^b   Fine, Michael J ^c   Johnson, Christopher S ^a,b   Anzueto, Antonio ^d   Mortensen, Eric M ^a,b  

^a VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NURSING HOME; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VETERAN; VETERANS HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT READMISSION; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84901851309     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2184     Document Type: Article

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