Differences between early and late readmissions among patients: A Cohort Study

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 741-749

  Graham, Kelly L ^a   Wilker, Elissa H ^b   Howell, Michael D ^c   Davis, Roger B ^b   Marcantonio, Edward R ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL INDICATOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LEARNING; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICARE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; COST OF ILLNESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PATIENT EDUCATION; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT READMISSION; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84932154113     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M14-2159     Document Type: Article

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