Analyzing hospital readmissions using statewide discharge databases.

Hospital readmissions are an important indicator of the outcomes of care as well as a source of unnecessary health care expenditures. This study focused on development of a uniform algorithm for identification of hospital readmission data. It involved development of a uniform definition of readmissi...

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Publicado en:Journal of Nursing Care Quality Vol. 13; no. 6; pp. 57 - 68
Autores principales: Lagoe RJ, Noetscher CM, Hohner VK, Schmidt GM
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Aug99
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