Regional Hospital Collaboration and Outcomes in Medicare Heart Failure Patients: See You in 7

JACC: Heart Failure

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 765-773

  Baker, Harolyn ^a   Oliver McNeil, Sandra ^b   Deng, Lili ^a   Hummel, Scott L ^c,d  

^a Michigan Peer Review Organization   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Care transitions; Heart failure; Outcomes; Readmissions

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERHOSPITAL COOPERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; ACUTE DISEASE; COOPERATION; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; COST SAVINGS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84943451386     PISSN: 22131779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2015.06.007     Document Type: Article

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