Readmissions at a public safety net hospital.

OBJECTIVE: We aimed to determine factors related to avoidability of 30-day readmissions at our public, safety net hospital in the United States (US). METHODS: We prospectively reviewed medical records of adult internal medicine patients with scheduled and unscheduled 30-day readmissions. We also int...

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Main Authors: Eri Shimizu, Kathleen Glaspy, Mallory D Witt, Kimble Poon, Susan Black, Shelley Schwartz, Tasneem Bholat, Norma Diaz, Allen Kuo, Brad Spellberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3949745?pdf=render