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 costcontainment efforts. Initiatives targeting unanticipated readmissions have included care coordination for specific high readmission diseases and patients and health coaching during the post-discharge t...

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Main Authors: Jesse J. Brennan, Theodore C. Chan, James P. Killeen, Edward M. Castillo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2015-12-01
Series:Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
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Online Access:http://escholarship.org/uc/item/6j7676qq