Readmission penalties for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease will further stress hospitals caring for vulnerable patient populations

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 190, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1072-1074

  Sjoding, Michael W ^a   Cooke, Colin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICARE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VULNERABLE POPULATION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PATIENT READMISSION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84922391247     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201407-1345LE     Document Type: Letter

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