Predicting emergency readmissions for patients discharged from the medical service of a teaching hospital
Phillips R, Safran C, Cleary P, Delbanco T. Predicting emergency readmissions for patients discharged from the medical service of a teaching hospital. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 1987, 2: 400-405. PMID: 3694300, DOI: 10.1007/bf02596366.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency readmissionRenal diseaseTeaching hospitalAcute care teaching hospitalGreater hospital chargesDays of dischargeRisk factor profileElevated anion gapAvailable clinical dataMedical servicesReadmitted patientsLonger hospitalizationPatient demographicsPrior admissionClinical factorsHeart failureDischarge diagnosisHospital chargesRelative riskClinical dataAnion gapReadmissionReduced riskPatientsFactor profile