Identifying risk of readmission in hospitalized elderly adults through inpatient medication exposure

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1116-1121

  Pavon, Juliessa M ^a,b   Zhao, Yanfang ^a   McConnell, Eleanor ^a,b   Hastings, S Nicole ^a,b,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

electronic health record; medications; readmissions

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CORTICOSTEROID; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; OPIATE; RANITIDINE;

AGED; AGED HOSPITAL PATIENT; ARTICLE; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; UNITED STATES;

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; MEDICATIONS; READMISSIONS;

AGED; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84902327391     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12829     Document Type: Article

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