Trends in Hospitalization vs Observation Stay for Ambulatory Care-Sensitive Conditions

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 179, Issue 12, 2019, Pages 1714-1716

  Figueroa, Jose F ^a,b,c   Burke, Laura G ^a,c,d   Zheng, Jie ^a   Orav, E John ^a,b   Jha, Ashish K ^a,c,e  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ANGINA PECTORIS; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DEHYDRATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEG AMPUTATION; LETTER; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

AMBULATORY CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MEDICARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85071653084     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.3177     Document Type: Letter

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