Understanding patient-centred readmission factors: A multi-site, mixed-methods study

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 33-41

  Greysen, S Ryan ^a   Harrison, James D ^a   Kripalani, Sunil ^b   Vasilevskis, Eduard ^b   Robinson, Edmondo ^c   Metlay, Joshua ^d   Schnipper, Jeffery L ^e   Meltzer, David ^f   Sehgal, Neil ^g   Ruhnke, Gregory W ^f   Williams, Mark V ^h   Auerbach, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Christiana Health Care System   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health policy; Health services research; Hospital medicine; Patient centred care; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTICIPATORY GUIDANCE; ARTICLE; BASIC NEEDS; CAREGIVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRESCRIPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT CARE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; RISK FACTORS; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85011717328     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004570     Document Type: Article

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