Effect of clinical and social risk factors on hospital profiling for stroke readmission: A cohort study

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 775-784

  Keyhani, Salomeh ^a,b   Myers, Laura J ^a,c   Cheng, Eric ^a,d   Hebert, Paul ^a,e   Williams, Linda S ^a,c   Bravata, Dawn M ^a,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RICHARD L ROUDEBUSH VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL RISK FACTOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; ICD-9-CM; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METASTASIS; MORSE FALL SCALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SKIN ULCER; SOCIAL RISK FACTOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; AGE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; MEDICARE; POVERTY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT READMISSION; POVERTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 84919498382     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M14-0361     Document Type: Article

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