Because i was sick: Seriously ill veterans' perspectives on reason for 30-day readmissions

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 537-542

  Enguidanos, Susan ^a   Coulourides Kogan, Alexis M ^a   Schreibeis Baum, Hannah ^b   Lendon, Jessica ^b   Lorenz, Karl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; heart failure; palliative care; readmission; seriously ill

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEOPLASM; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TERMINAL CARE; VETERAN; VETERANS HEALTH; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME;

AGED; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT READMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; VETERANS HEALTH;

EID: 84925297426     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.13238     Document Type: Article

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