Missing Warfarin Discharge Communication and Risk of 30-Day Rehospitalization and/or Death: Retrospective Cohort Study

J Am Geriatr Soc. 2016 Nov;64(11):2394-2396. doi: 10.1111/jgs.14423. Epub 2016 Sep 14.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Anticoagulants / pharmacology
  • Cause of Death / trends
  • Female
  • Hip Fractures / complications*
  • Hip Fractures / mortality
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Patient Discharge / statistics & numerical data*
  • Patient Readmission / trends*
  • Stroke / drug therapy*
  • Stroke / etiology
  • Stroke / mortality
  • Survival Rate / trends
  • Thrombosis / complications
  • Thrombosis / mortality
  • Thrombosis / prevention & control*
  • United States / epidemiology
  • Warfarin / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Anticoagulants
  • Warfarin