Optimizing Patients' Vital Interests Post-Discharge

Katherine L. Kahn

ResearchPosted on rand.org Dec 12, 2016Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2016

While there is value in assessing risk for post-discharge adverse events at the end of a hospital stay, a better strategy might be to try to identify and address risks at admission.

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  • Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG
  • Availability: Non-RAND
  • Year: 2016
  • Pages: 3
  • Document Number: EP-66758

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