A multidisciplinary intervention for reducing readmissions among older adults in a patient-centered medical home

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Stranges, Paul M ^a,b,d   Marshall, Vincent D ^b   Walker, Paul C ^a,b   Hall, Karen E ^a,c   Griffith, Diane K ^a   Remington, Tami ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d ST LOUIS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDISCIPLINARY TRANSITIONAL CARE PROGRAM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSITIONAL CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSITIONAL CARE;

EID: 84923238479     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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