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Using routine inpatient data to identify patients at risk of hospital readmission
BMC Health Services Research, 06/10/09

Howell S et al. - A statistical algorithm based on Queensland hospital inpatient data, performed only moderately in identifying patients at risk of readmission. The main problem is that there are too many false negatives, which means that many patients who might benefit would not be offered case-management.

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