Research ArticleOriginal Research

Admission Data Predict High Hospital Readmission Risk

Everett Logue, William Smucker and Christine Regan
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2016, 29 (1) 50-59; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2016.01.150127

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