Clinicians can independently predict 30-day hospital readmissions as well as the LACE index

Clinicians can independently predict 30-day hospital readmissions as well as the LACE index

Abstract Background Significant effort has been directed at developing prediction tools to identify patients at high risk of unplanned hospital readmission, but it is unclear what these tools add to clinicians’ judgment. In our study, we assess clinicians’ abilities to independently predict 30-day h...

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Main Authors: William Dwight Miller, Kimngan Nguyen, Sitaram Vangala, Erin Dowling
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-01-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
Quality improvement
Discharge planning
Prediction tools
Hospital readmissions
LACE index
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-018-2833-3

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