Prediction of Pneumonia 30-Day Readmissions: A Single-Center Attempt to Increase Model Performance.

BACKGROUND: Existing models developed to predict 30 days readmissions for pneumonia lack discriminative ability. We attempted to increase model performance with the addition of variables found to be of benefit in other studies. METHODS: From 133,368 admissions to a tertiary-care hospital from Januar...

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Published in:	Respiratory Care Vol. 59; no. 2; pp. 199 - 209
Main Authors:	Mather, Jeffrey F., Fortunato, Gilbert J., Ash, Jenifer L., Davis, Michael J., Kumar, Ajay
Format:	research tables/charts Journal Article
Published:	Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Feb2014
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost