Inpatient Readmissions and Emergency Department Visits within 30 Days of a Hospital Admission
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Inpatient Readmissions and Emergency Department Visits within 30 Days of a Hospital Admission
INTRODUCTION Inpatient hospital readmissions have become a focus for healthcare reform and cost-containment efforts. Initiatives targeting unanticipated readmissions have included care coordination for specific high readmission diseases and patients and health coaching during the post-discharge transition period. However, little research has focused on emergency department (ED) visits following...
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عنوان ژورنال: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1936-900X,1936-9018
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2015.8.26157