Patient Factors Contributing to Variation in Same-Hospital Readmission Rate

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 338-358

  Henke, Rachel Mosher ^a   Karaca, Zeynal ^b   Lin, Hollis ^a   Wier, Lauren M ^a   Marder, William ^a   Wong, Herbert S ^b  

^a IBM WATSON HEALTH   (United States)

^b AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bundled payments; hospital readmission; Medicare; patient factors; same hospital readmission

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEDICARE; PNEUMONIA; SAME HOSPITAL READMISSION; SPINE FUSION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; CARE BUNDLE; FACTUAL DATABASE; GOVERNMENT; MIDDLE AGED; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE BUNDLES; PATIENT READMISSION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930826513     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558715577478     Document Type: Article

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