Infections Increase the Risk of 30-Day Readmissions Among Stroke Survivors: Analysis of the National Readmission Database

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE—Hospitals are increasingly using 30-day readmission (30dRA) to define the quality of care and reimbursement. We hypothesized that common infections occurring during the stroke stay are associated with 30dRA. METHODS—We conducted a weighted analysis of the federally managed 201...

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Veröffentlicht in:Stroke (1970) 2018-12, Vol.49 (12), p.2999-3005
Hauptverfasser: Boehme, Amelia K, Kulick, Erin R, Canning, Michelle, Alvord, Trevor, Khaksari, Bijan, Omran, Setareh, Willey, Joshua Z, Elkind, Mitchell S.V
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