Thirty-Day Readmission Rates Among Dual-Eligible Beneficiaries

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 188-195

  Bennett, Kevin J ^a,b   Probst, Janice C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospitals; Medicaid; Medicare; Readmissions; Utilization of health services

Indexed keywords

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PATIENT READMISSION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84940099250     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jrh.12140     Document Type: Article

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