Health information exchange systems and length of stay in readmissions to a different hospital

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 401-406

  Flaks Manov, Natalie ^a   Shadmi, Efrat ^a,b   Hoshen, Moshe ^a   Balicer, Ran D ^a,c  

^a CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; ISRAELI; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; ISRAEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84952815513     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2535     Document Type: Article

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