Association of hospital volume with readmission rates: A Retrospective cross-sectional study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 350, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Horwitz, Leora I ^a,b   Lin, Zhenqiu ^c   Herrin, Jeph ^d,e   Bernheim, Susannah ^c,d   Drye, Elizabeth E ^c,d   Krumholz, Harlan M ^c,d,f   Ross, Joseph S ^c,d,f  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Health Research and Educational Trust   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITAL VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL FEE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGY; NURSE TO BED RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDIZATION; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; LOW VOLUME HOSPITAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HOSPITALS, LOW-VOLUME; HUMANS; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84928897172     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/BMJ.h447     Document Type: Article

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