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From Suffrage To The Senate: Expanding Inclusion In Women's Rights To Achieve Women's Health Equality., Frances Grimstad Nov 2019

From Suffrage To The Senate: Expanding Inclusion In Women's Rights To Achieve Women's Health Equality., Frances Grimstad

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Hospital Readmission Of Adolescents And Young Adults With Complex Chronic Disease., Peter Dunbar, Matt Hall, James C. Gay, Clarissa Hoover, Jessica L. Markham, Jessica L. Bettenhausen, James M. Perrin, Karen A. Kuhlthau, Morgan Crossman, Brigid Garrity, Jay G. Berry Jul 2019

Hospital Readmission Of Adolescents And Young Adults With Complex Chronic Disease., Peter Dunbar, Matt Hall, James C. Gay, Clarissa Hoover, Jessica L. Markham, Jessica L. Bettenhausen, James M. Perrin, Karen A. Kuhlthau, Morgan Crossman, Brigid Garrity, Jay G. Berry

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Importance: Adolescents and young adults (AYA) who have complex chronic disease (CCD) are a growing population that requires hospitalization to treat severe, acute health problems. These patients may have increased risk of readmission as demands on their self-management increase and as they transfer care from pediatric to adult health care practitioners.

Objective: To assess variation across CCDs in the likelihood of readmission for AYA with increasing age.

Design, Setting, and Participants: Retrospective 1-year cross-sectional study of the 2014 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Nationwide Readmissions Database for all US hospitals. Participants were 215 580 hospitalized individuals aged 15 to …