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Unscheduled hospital contacts after inpatient discharge: A national observational study of COPD and heart failure patients in England

INTRODUCTION: Readmissions are a recognised challenge for providers of healthcare and incur financial penalties in a growing number of countries. However, the scale of unscheduled hospital contacts including attendances at emergency departments that do not result in admission is not well known. In a...

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Autores principales: Honeyford, Kate, Bell, Derek, Chowdhury, Faiza, Quint, Jennifer, Aylin, Paul, Bottle, Alex
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6563993/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31194792
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0218128