Hospital-Level Factors Related to 30-Day Readmission Rates

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 48-57

  Campione, Joanne R ^a   Smith, Scott A ^a   Mardon, Russell E ^a  

^a WESTAT   (United States)

Author keywords

patient safety indicators; quality measurement; readmissions; socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

CASE MIX; DATA BASE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; SOCIOECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY;

EID: 85009517416     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860615612158     Document Type: Article

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