Simplification of the HOSPITAL score for predicting 30-day readmissions

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 799-805

  Aubert, Carole E ^a   Schnipper, Jeffrey L ^b,c   Williams, Mark V ^d   Robinson, Edmondo J ^e   Zimlichman, Eyal ^f   Vasilevskis, Eduard E ^g,h,i   Kripalani, Sunil ^g,h   Metlay, Joshua P ^j   Wallington, Tamara ^k   Fletcher, Grant S ^l   Auerbach, Andrew D ^m   Aujesky, Drahomir ^a   Donzé, Jacques D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^e CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^f SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^g VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^k William Osler Health System   (Canada)

^l UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CALIBRATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ONCOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; AGED; BLOOD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

HEMOGLOBIN; SODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT READMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SODIUM;

EID: 85032462697     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2016-006239     Document Type: Article

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