Exploring novel medicare readmission risk variables in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients at high risk of readmission within 30 days of hospital discharge

Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1288-1293

  Glaser, Jordan B ^a   El Haddad, Hanine ^a  

^a STATEN ISLAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

COPD; Hospital readmission; Populations at risk

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISORDERS OF ACID BASE BALANCE; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SPINE FRACTURE; ECONOMICS; LENGTH OF STAY; TIME FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

AGED; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICARE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84942241212     PISSN: 23296933     EISSN: 23256621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201504-228OC     Document Type: Article

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