The probability of readmission within 30 days of hospital discharge is positively associated with inpatient bed occupancy at discharge – a retrospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: Previous work has suggested that given a hospital’s need to admit more patients from the emergency department (ED), high inpatient bed occupancy may encourage premature hospital discharges that favor the hospital’s need for beds over patients’ medical interests. We argue that the effects...

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Publié dans:BMC Emerg Med
Auteurs principaux: Blom, Mathias C., Erwander, Karin, Gustafsson, Lars, Landin-Olsson, Mona, Jonsson, Fredrik, Ivarsson, Kjell
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: BioMed Central 2015
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4678651/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26666221
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12873-015-0067-9
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