Classifying emergency 30-day readmissions in England using routine hospital data 2004-2010: What is the scope for reduction?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 44-50

  Blunt, Ian ^a   Bardsley, Martin ^a   Grove, Amy ^b   Clarke, Aileen ^b  

^a The Nuffield Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY CARE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL RECORD; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84919398437     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2013-202531     Document Type: Article

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