Patient-Reported Discharge Readiness and 30-Day Risk of Readmission or Death: A Prospective Cohort Study

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 89-95

  Lau, Darren ^a   Padwal, Raj S ^a   Majumdar, Sumit R ^a   Pederson, Jenelle L ^a   Belga, Sara ^a   Kahlon, Sharry ^a   Fradette, Miriam ^b   Boyko, Debbie ^b   McAlister, Finlay A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

General internal medicine; Health services research; Patient satisfaction; Patient reported outcomes; Readmissions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALBERTA; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY RISK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; AGED; CANADA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84945369270     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2015.08.018     Document Type: Article

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