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Social disparities in unplanned 30-day readmission rates after hospital discharge in patients with chronic health conditions: A retrospective cohort study using patient level hospital administrative data linked to the population census in Switzerland
2022-01-21
Abstract excerpt
Unplanned readmissions shortly after discharge from hospital are common in chronic diseases. The risk of readmission has been shown to be related both to hospital care, e.g., medical complications, and to patients’ resources and abilities to manage the chronic disease at home and to make appropriate use of outpatient medical care. Despite a growing body of evidence on social determinants of health and health behav...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 0251290e-0dd0-52fb-b7bb-0c11237630f2
- DOI
- 10.1101/2022.01.18.22269480