Insights into the potential preventability of oncology readmissions

Journal of Oncology Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2016, Pages e149-e156

  Meisenberg, Barry R ^a   Hahn, Elizabeth ^a   Binner, Madelaine ^a   Weng, David ^a  

^a ANNE ARUNDEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CONSENSUS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDIAN SURVIVAL TIME; ONCOLOGY; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PROGNOSIS; SYMPTOM; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT READMISSION; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84958244801     PISSN: 15547477     EISSN: 1935469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JOP.2015.006437     Document Type: Article

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