Publications by authors named "Kevin Urda"

Objectives: To compare rates of 30-day readmission between hospital units with a Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP) and control units without HELP.

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Setting: The study took place from July 1, 2013, to June 30, 2014, at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Shadyside, a 520-bed community teaching hospital that has used HELP since 2002.

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