Hospital-readmission risk — Isolating hospital effects from patient effects

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 377, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 1055-1064

  Krumholz, Harlan M ^a,d,e   Wang, Kun ^a,d   Lin, Zhenqiu ^d   Dharmarajan, Kumar ^a,d,f   Horwitz, Leora I ^g   Ross, Joseph S ^b,d,e   Drye, Elizabeth E ^c,d   Bernheim, Susannah M ^b,d   Normand, Sharon Lise T ^h  

^a Section of Cardiovascular Medicine   (United States)

^b Yale National Clinician Scholars Program   (United States)

^c Department of Pediatrics ^*  (United States)

^d YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Now with Clover Health   (United States)

^g NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; ISOLATION HOSPITAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AGED; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK ADJUSTMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85029584953     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa1702321     Document Type: Article

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