Challenges and opportunities associated with quantification of cardiovascular readmissions

J Am Heart Assoc. 2014 Sep 18;3(5):e001340. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.114.001340.

Authors

Julie Redfern¹, Karice Hyun¹, Karla Santo¹

Affiliation

¹ The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Australia (J.R., K.H., K.S.).

No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; access to care; acute coronary syndrome; database; readmission; registry.

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Acute Coronary Syndrome / diagnosis
Acute Coronary Syndrome / mortality
Acute Coronary Syndrome / therapy*
Cardiovascular Diseases / diagnosis
Cardiovascular Diseases / mortality
Cardiovascular Diseases / therapy*
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Female
Hospital Mortality
Humans
Length of Stay
Male
Patient Admission / statistics & numerical data
Patient Readmission / statistics & numerical data*
Quality of Health Care*
Registries*
Survival Analysis