Community factors and hospital readmission rates

Health Services Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 20-39

  Herrin, Jeph ^a   St Andre, Justin ^b   Kenward, Kevin ^c   Joshi, Maulik S ^c   Audet, Anne Marie J ^d   Hines, Stephen C ^c  

^a Health Research and Educational Trust   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Navigant Consulting Inc ^*  (United States)

^d Commonwealth Fund ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

community; Readmissions; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; DECUBITUS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PNEUMONIA; RETIREMENT; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; AGED; CLASSIFICATION; GOVERNMENT; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT READMISSION; PNEUMONIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84921862927     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12177     Document Type: Article

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