The HOSPITAL score as a predictor of 30 day readmission in a retrospective study at a university affiliated community hospital
Introduction Hospital readmissions are common, expensive, and a key target of the Medicare Value Based Purchasing (VBP) program. Risk assessment tools have been developed to identify patients at high risk of hospital readmission so they can be targeted for interventions aimed at reducing the rate of...
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PeerJ Inc.
2016-09-01
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