Association between days to complete inpatient discharge summaries with all‐payer hospital readmissions in Maryland
Hoyer EH, Odonkor CA, Bhatia SN, Leung C, Deutschendorf A, Brotman DJ. Association between days to complete inpatient discharge summaries with all‐payer hospital readmissions in Maryland. Journal Of Hospital Medicine 2016, 11: 393-400. PMID: 26913814, DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2556.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital discharge summariesHospital readmissionDischarge summariesReadmission ratesOdds ratioMultivariable logistic regression modelLarge urban academic hospitalOdds of readmissionRetrospective cohort studyCause hospital readmissionPrimary exposure variableUrban academic hospitalLength of stayInpatient discharge summariesAcute care hospitalsDischarge summary completionLogistic regression modelsComorbidity indexCause readmissionCohort studyCare hospitalTotal readmissionsIllness severityPatient outcomesAcademic hospital