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An international study of hospital readmissions and related utilization in Europe and the USA

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  • Westert, Gert P.
  • Lagoe, Ronald J.
  • Keskimaki, Ilmo
  • Leyland, Alastair
  • Murphy, Mark

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  • Westert, Gert P. & Lagoe, Ronald J. & Keskimaki, Ilmo & Leyland, Alastair & Murphy, Mark, 2002. "An international study of hospital readmissions and related utilization in Europe and the USA," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 61(3), pages 269-278, September.
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    6. Yuxi Wang & Simone Ghislandi & Aleksandra Torbica, 2020. "Investigating the geographic disparity in quality of care: the case of hospital readmission after acute myocardial infarction in Italy," The European Journal of Health Economics, Springer;Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gesundheitsökonomie (DGGÖ), vol. 21(8), pages 1149-1168, November.
    7. Martin, Stephen & Street, Andrew & Han, Lu & Hutton, John, 2016. "Have hospital readmissions increased in the face of reductions in length of stay? Evidence from England," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 120(1), pages 89-99.
    8. Mollie Shulan & Kelly Gao & Crystal Moore, 2013. "Predicting 30-day all-cause hospital readmissions," Health Care Management Science, Springer, vol. 16(2), pages 167-175, June.
    9. Stephen Martin & Andrew Street & Lu Han & John Hutton, 2014. "The impact of hospital financing on the quality of inpatient care in England," Working Papers 105cherp, Centre for Health Economics, University of York.
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