Towards a patient journey perspective on causes of unplanned readmissions using a classification framework: results of a systematic review with narrative synthesis

Abstract Background Several literature reviews have been published focusing on the prevalence and/or preventability of hospital readmissions. To our knowledge, none focused on the different causes which have been used to evaluate the preventability of readmissions. Insight into the range of causes i...

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Main Authors: R. G. Singotani, F. Karapinar, C. Brouwers, C. Wagner, M. C. de Bruijne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-10-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12874-019-0822-9