A study to reduce readmissions after surgery in the Veterans Health Administration: design and methodology
BACKGROUND: Hospital readmissions are associated with higher resource utilization and worse patient outcomes. Causes of unplanned readmission to the hospital are multiple with some being better targets for intervention than others. To understand risk factors for surgical readmission and their increm...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5348767/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28288681 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-2134-2 |