Readmission diagnoses after hospitalization for severe sepsis and other acute medical conditions

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 313, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1055-1057

  Prescott, Hallie C ^a   Langa, Kenneth M ^a   Iwashyna, Theodore J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b VA Center for Clinical Management Research Health Services Research and Development Service Center of Innovation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACUTE DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; PATIENT READMISSION; SEPSIS;

EID: 84924366276     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2015.1410     Document Type: Letter

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