Patient Characteristics Predicting Readmission among Individuals Hospitalized for Heart Failure

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 3-40

  O'Connor, Melissa ^a   Murtaugh, Christopher M ^b   Shah, Shivani ^b   Barrón Vaya, Yolanda ^b   Bowles, Kathryn H ^b,c   Peng, Timothy R ^b   Zhu, Carolyn W ^d   Feldman, Penny H ^b  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VISITING NURSE SERVICE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

heart failure; patient characteristics; readmission; rehospitalization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DATA BASE; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LENGTH OF STAY; MENTAL DISEASE; NEOPLASM; ORGANIZATION; PEPTIC ULCER; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; SCREENING; SOCIAL ASPECT; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; PATIENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84954287145     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558715595156     Document Type: Article

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