Anonymized unique patient identifiers allow tracking patients across hospitals in case of multiple hospitalizations.
We did not feel that we could reliably identify and link multiple hospitalizations for patients transferred to another hospital using the administration codes in the database.
The SPARCS data does not identify individuals with multiple hospitalizations or patients in federally regulated hospitals, nor does it include out-of-state health care treatment received by NYS residents.
Almost one in five experienced what the authors called "burdensome transitions" in their final days: transfers in the last three days of life, multiple hospitalizations, or moves from nursing home to hospital to a different nursing home.
First hospitalized for an acute psychotic episode at age 17, this patient experienced multiple hospitalizations over a period of 7 years until lithium was added to his treatment.
⌷Hospitalization days are a count of total days in hospital over the 18-month follow-up period and can accumulate from multiple hospitalizations.
To estimate the extent to which VA-enrolled veterans have multiple hospitalizations within, say, a single calendar year, in either VA or non-VA hospitals, we analyzed a unique set of administrative hospital discharge data.
§ Abbreviation: DASI Duke Activityty Status Index □ Hospitalization days are a count of total days in hospital over the 18 month follow-up period and can accumulate from multiple hospitalizations.
"There will be liver transplants, multiple hospitalizations to treat liver failures, and increased numbers of deaths".
"After the multiple hospitalizations with the kids, things started deteriorating," Ms. Mercurius said.
In the late 00s, operators of the San Francisco Bay Area's Cow Palace tried harm reduction and found no improvement, with multiple hospitalizations.
