Physician consensus on preventability and predictability of readmissions based on standard case scenarios

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 434-442

  van Galen, L S ^a   Cooksley, T ^b   Merten, H ^a   Brabrand, M ^c   Terwee, C B ^a   Nickel, C H ^d   Subbe, C P ^e   Kidney, R ^f   Soong, J ^g   Vaughan, L ^h   Weichert, I ⁱ   Kramer, M H H ^a   Nanayakkara, P W B ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Hospital of South West Jutland ^*  (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e YSBYTY GWYNEDD   (United Kingdom)

^f ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^g IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ IPSWICH HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Patient safety; Quality improvement; Readmissions

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; CONSENSUS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DECISION MAKING; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; SPECIALIZATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ADULT; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DELPHI STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT READMISSION; PHYSICIANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85006512064     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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