Strategies to help reduce hospital readmissions

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 430-438

  Snyderman, Danielle ^a   Salzman, Brooke ^a   Mills, Geoffrey ^a   Hersh, Lauren ^a   Parks, Susan ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LACE INDEX SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT COUNSELING; PNEUMONIA; POLYPHARMACY; RISK ASSESSMENT; COMPLICATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART FAILURE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION RECONCILIATION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT READMISSION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84906700635     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: 15337294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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