Unplanned readmissions after hospital discharge among patients identified as being at high risk for readmission using a validated predictive algorithm

BACKGROUND: Unplanned hospital readmissions are common, expensive and often preventable. Strategies designed to reduce readmissions should target patients at high risk. The purpose of this study was to describe medical patients identified using a recently published and validated algorithm (the LACE...

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Autores principales: Gruneir, Andrea, Dhalla, Irfan A, van Walraven, Carl, Fischer, Hadas D, Camacho, Ximena, Rochon, Paula A, Anderson, Geoffrey M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Open Medicine Publications, Inc. 2011
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3148002/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21915234

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3148002/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21915234

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