Avoidable 30-Day Readmissions Among Patients With Stroke and Other Cerebrovascular Disease

The Neurohospitalist

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-11

  Nahab, Fadi ^a   Takesaka, Jennifer ^a   Mailyan, Eugene ^a   Judd, Lilith ^a   Webb, Adam ^a   Frankel, Michael ^a   Helmers, Sandra ^a   Culler, Steven ^b   Choi, Dennis ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLATIRON INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

outcome assessment (health care); patient readmission; stroke

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992781301     PISSN: 19418744     EISSN: 19418752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1941874411427733     Document Type: Article

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