Apples and Oranges: Four Definitions of Multiple Chronic Conditions and their Relationship to 30-Day Hospital Readmission.

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Published in J Am Geriatr Soc on February 15, 2017

Authors

Melissa Dattalo1,2, Eva DuGoff3, Katie Ronk3, Korey Kennelty1,2,4, Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi1,5, Amy J Kind1,2,4,5

Author Affiliations

1: Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Department of Veterans Affairs, William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Affairs Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin.
2: Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.
3: Department of Population Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.
4: School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.
5: School of Nursing, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.

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