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Thirty-Day Hospital Readmission Following Discharge From Postacute Rehabilitation in Fee-for-Service Medicare Patients

2014; American Medical Association; Volume: 311; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1001/jama.2014.8

ISSN

1538-3598

Autores

Kenneth J. Ottenbacher, Amol Karmarkar, James E. Graham, Yong‐Fang Kuo, Anne Deutsch, Timothy Reistetter, Soham Al Snih, Carl V. Granger,

Tópico(s)

Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes

Resumo

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently identified 30-day readmission after discharge from inpatient rehabilitation facilities as a national quality indicator. Research is needed to determine the rates and factors related to readmission in this patient population.

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