Low serum albumin and total lymphocyte count as predictors of 30 day hospital readmission in patients 65 years of age or older

Introduction. Hospital readmission within 30 days of discharge is a target for health care cost savings through the medicare Value Based Purchasing initiative. Because of this focus, hospitals and health systems are investing considerable resources into the identification of patients at risk of hosp...

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Main Author: Robert Robinson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2015-08-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/1181.pdf