Simplification of the HOSPITAL score for predicting 30-day readmissions

Carole E Aubert; Jeffrey L Schnipper; Mark V Williams; Edmondo J Robinson; Eyal Zimlichman; Eduard E Vasilevskis; Sunil Kripalani; Joshua P Metlay; Tamara Wallington; Grant S Fletcher; Andrew D Auerbach; Drahomir Aujesky; Jacques D Donzé

doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2016-006239

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Simplification of the HOSPITAL score for predicting 30-day readmissions

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Carole E Aubert Department of General Internal Medicine, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jeffrey L Schnipper BWH Hospitalist Service, Division of General Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Mark V Williams Center for Health Services Research, University of Kentucky, Kentucky, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Edmondo J Robinson Value Institute, Christiana Care Health System, Wilmington, Delaware, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Eyal Zimlichman Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Eduard E Vasilevskis Section of Hospital Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine and Public Health Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA VA Tennessee Valley – Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), Nashville, TN, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Sunil Kripalani Section of Hospital Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine and Public Health Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Joshua P Metlay Division of General Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Tamara Wallington William Osler Health System, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Grant S Fletcher Department of Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Andrew D Auerbach Division of Hospital Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Drahomir Aujesky Department of General Internal Medicine, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jacques D Donzé Department of General Internal Medicine, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland BWH Hospitalist Service, Division of General Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Carole E Aubert, General Internal Medicine, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse, Bern 3010, Switzerland; caroleelodie.aubert{at}insel.ch

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Aubert CE, Schnipper JL, Williams MV, et al

Simplification of the HOSPITAL score for predicting 30-day readmissions

BMJ Quality & Safety 2017;26:799-805.

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Received October 26, 2016
Revised March 23, 2017
Accepted March 25, 2017
First published April 17, 2017.

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September 20, 2017

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