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. 2014 Jan;174(1):154-6.
doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.11574.

Contemporary data about hospital strategies to reduce unplanned readmissions: what has changed?

Elizabeth H Bradley  1 , Heather Sipsma  2 , Leora I Horwitz  3 , Leslie Curry  1 , Harlan M Krumholz  4
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Contemporary data about hospital strategies to reduce unplanned readmissions: what has changed?

Elizabeth H Bradley et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2014 Jan.
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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest and Disclosures:

No funding source had any role in the study design; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; or in the decision to submit the article for publication. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of The Commonwealth Fund, the National Institute on Aging, the National Institutes of Health, or the American Federation for Aging Research.

Dr. Krumholz reports that he is the recipient of a research grant from Medtronic through Yale University and chairs a cardiac scientific advisory board for United Health. Dr Walsh reports serving as a consultant to United Health Care and Eli Lilly.

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