The utility of unplanned early hospital readmissions as a health care quality indicator

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1812-1814

  Van Walraven, Carl ^a  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; MALE; MEDICARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION;

EID: 84946114179     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: 21686114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.4727     Document Type: Note

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