Seasonal Variation in Readmission Risk for Patients Hospitalized with Cardiopulmonary Conditions

J Gen Intern Med. 2018 May;33(5):599-601. doi: 10.1007/s11606-017-4299-0.

Authors

Saul Blecker¹, Ji Young Kwon², Jeph Herrin³, Jacqueline N Grady², Leora I Horwitz⁴

Affiliations

¹ Division of Healthcare Delivery Science, Department of Population Health, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA. saul.blecker@nyumc.org.
² Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, USA.
³ Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
⁴ Division of Healthcare Delivery Science, Department of Population Health, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Heart Failure / epidemiology
Humans
Medicare / statistics & numerical data
Patient Readmission / statistics & numerical data*
Pneumonia / epidemiology
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / epidemiology
Retrospective Studies
Risk Assessment
Seasons*
United States / epidemiology

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