The number of discharge medications predicts thirty-day hospital readmission: A cohort study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Picker, David ^a   Heard, Kevin ^b   Bailey, Thomas C ^a   Martin, Nathan R ^a   Larossa, Gina N ^a   Kollef, Marin H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BJC Learning Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Discharge medications; Outcomes; Polypharmacy; Readmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYPHARMACY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRENDS;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICATION RECONCILIATION; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; POLYPHARMACY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84937426838     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-015-0950-9     Document Type: Article

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