Functional Status and Hospital Readmissions Using the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 965-972

  Soley Bori, Marina ^a   Soria Saucedo, Rene ^a   Ryan, Colleen M ^b,c,d   Schneider, Jeffrey C ^c,e   Haynes, Alex B ^b,f   Gerrard, Paul ^g   Cabral, Howard J ^a   Lillemoe, Keith D ^b   Kazis, Lewis E ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^e and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g New England Rehabilitation Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

functional status; hospital admission; medical expenditure panel survey; physical status; readmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSURANCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT FORM 12; ADOLESCENT; COMORBIDITY; ECONOMICS; FITNESS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84931567942     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-014-3170-9     Document Type: Article

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