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Preventability of early vs. late readmissions in an academic medical center

BACKGROUND: It is unclear if the 30-day unplanned hospital readmission rate is a plausible accountability metric. OBJECTIVE: Compare preventability of hospital readmissions, between an early period [0–7 days post-discharge] and a late period [8–30 days post-discharge]. Compare causes of readmission,...

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Autores principales: Graham, Kelly L., Dike, Ogechi, Doctoroff, Lauren, Jupiter, Marisa, Vanka, Anita, Davis, Roger B., Marcantonio, Edward R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5473551/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28622384
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0178718