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. 2019 Aug 13;322(6):574-576.
doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.8594.

Pulmonary Embolism Hospitalization, Readmission, and Mortality Rates in US Older Adults, 1999-2015

Behnood Bikdeli  1 , Yun Wang  2 , David Jimenez  3 , Sahil A Parikh  1 , Manuel Monreal  4 , Samuel Z Goldhaber  5 , Harlan M Krumholz  2
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Pulmonary Embolism Hospitalization, Readmission, and Mortality Rates in US Older Adults, 1999-2015

Behnood Bikdeli et al. JAMA. .

Abstract

This study uses Medicare billing codes to characterize trends in readmission and mortality rates for Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries with pulmonary embolism (PE) between 1999 and 2015 to assess changes accompanying recent diagnostic and therapeutic changes in management of the disease.

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Figure.. Hospitalization, Length of Stay, and Mortality Rates Among Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries With Pulmonary Embolism
Thirty-day readmission rates and 30-day mortality rates were adjusted for patient characteristics listed in the Table.
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