Avoidable readmission in Hong Kong--system, clinician, patient or social factor?

Yam, Carrie H K; Wong, Eliza L Y; Chan, Frank W K; Leung, Michael C M; Wong, Fiona Y Y; Cheung, Annie W L; Yeoh, E K

Yam, Carrie H K; Wong, Eliza L Y; Chan, Frank W K; Leung, Michael C M; Wong, Fiona Y Y; Cheung, Annie W L; Yeoh, E K.

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Yam CH; Division of Health System, Policy and Management, School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

BMC Health Serv Res ; 10: 311, 2010 Nov 17.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21080970

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Patient Discharge/statistics & numerical data; Patient Readmission/statistics & numerical data; Unnecessary Procedures/statistics & numerical data; Cohort Studies; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Delivery of Health Care/organization & administration; Female; Health Services Research; Hong Kong; Hospital Costs; Humans; Inpatients/statistics & numerical data; Length of Stay; Logistic Models; Male; Multivariate Analysis; Needs Assessment; Patient Admission/statistics & numerical data; Patient Readmission/economics; Poisson Distribution; Practice Patterns, Physicians'; Retrospective Studies; Socioeconomic Factors; Time Factors; Unnecessary Procedures/economics

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Patient Discharge / Patient Readmission / Unnecessary Procedures Type of study: Etiology_studies / Incidence_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Female / Humans / Male Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: En Journal: BMC Health Serv Res Journal subject: PESQUISA EM SERVICOS DE SAUDE Year: 2010 Type: Article Affiliation country: Hong Kong

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