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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2015 Jan;8(1):109-11.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.114.001476. Epub 2015 Jan 13.

Association of discharge summary quality with readmission risk for patients hospitalized with heart failure exacerbation

Mohammed Salim Al-Damluji  1 , Kristina Dzara  1 , Beth Hodshon  1 , Natdanai Punnanithinont  1 , Harlan M Krumholz  1 , Sarwat I Chaudhry  1 , Leora I Horwitz  2
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Association of discharge summary quality with readmission risk for patients hospitalized with heart failure exacerbation

Mohammed Salim Al-Damluji et al. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2015 Jan.
No abstract available

Keywords: epidemiology; heart failure; patient readmission; quality of health care.

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Disclosures: All authors have completed the Unified Competing Interest form at www.icmje.org/coi_disclosure.pdf (available on request from the corresponding author) and declare that all authors have support from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for the submitted work. Dr. Krumholz is a recipient of research grants from Medtronic and from Johnson & Johnson, through Yale University, to develop methods of clinical trial data sharing and is chair of a cardiac scientific advisory board for UnitedHealth.

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