Neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage and 30-day rehospitalization: A retrospective cohort study

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 765-774

  Kind, Amy J H ^a,b   Jencks, Steve ^a,c   Brock, Jane ^a,d   Yu, Menggang ^a   Bartels, Christie ^a   Ehlenbach, William ^a   Greenberg, Caprice ^a   Smith, Maureen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Colorado Foundation for Medical Care ^*  (United States)

^d University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; DEMOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POVERTY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT READMISSION; PNEUMONIA; POVERTY AREAS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84919470597     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M13-2946     Document Type: Article

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