Prediction of Patient Readmission by LACE Index components at Cardiac Care Unit of an Iranian Hospital: A Cohort Study

Background: One approach to improve efficiency in health care is to identify patients with high risks of readmission so that resources should be distributed in a way they would benefit targeted care. A model named LACE (length of stay, acuity of admission, Charlson comorbidity index (CCI(, and numbe...

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Published in:	Journal of Evidence Based Health Policy, Management & Economics
Main Authors:	Manal Etemadi, Habibe Vaziri Nasab, Ali Ebraze, Elahe Khorasani
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences 2017-12-01
Subjects:	Readmission LACE Index CCU Hospital Iran
Online Access:	http://jebhpme.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-26-32&slc_lang=en&sid=1