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Master of Public Health

Preventability and Causes of Readmissions in a National Cohort of General Medicine Patients.

AUTHORS

Auerbach AD , Kripalani S , Vasilevskis EE , Sehgal N , Lindenauer PK , Metlay JP , Fletcher G , Ruhnke GW , Flanders SA , Kim C , Williams MV , Thomas L , Giang V , Herzig SJ , Patel K , Boscardin WJ , Robinson EJ , Schnipper JL , . JAMA internal medicine. 2016 4 1; 176(4). 484-93
  • NIHMSID: 101589534

ABSTRACT

Readmission penalties have catalyzed efforts to improve care transitions, but few programs have incorporated viewpoints of patients and health care professionals to determine readmission preventability or to prioritize opportunities for care improvement.

Readmission penalties have catalyzed efforts to improve care transitions, but few programs have incorporated viewpoints of patients and health care professionals to determine readmission preventability or to prioritize opportunities for care improvement.

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