Short-term rehospitalization across the spectrum of age and insurance types in the United States

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2017, Pages

  Strom, Jordan B ^a   Kramer, Daniel B ^a   Wang, Yun ^b   Shen, Changyu ^a   Wasfy, Jason H ^c   Landon, Bruce E ^d   Wilker, Elissa H ^a   Yeh, Robert W ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF PAY; SEPTICEMIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85022341796     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0180767     Document Type: Article

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