Posthospital Care Transitions: Patterns, Complications, and Risk Identification
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Posthospital care transitions: patterns, complications, and risk identification.
OBJECTIVES To (1) describe patterns of posthospital care transitions; (2) characterize these patterns as uncomplicated or complicated; (3) identify those at greatest risk for complicated transitions. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING The Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey was used to identify beneficiaries aged 65 and older who were discharged from an acute care hospital in 1997-1998. STUDY DESIG...
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عنوان ژورنال: Health Services Research
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0017-9124,1475-6773
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2004.00298.x