Predicting Unplanned Hospital Readmissions in Patients With Hematologic Malignancies

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This video highlights results of a study that examined predictors for unplanned hospital readmissions in patients with hematologic malignancies.

In this video, Sudipto Mukherjee, MD, MPH, of the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, discusses results of a study that examined predictors for unplanned hospital readmissions in patients with hematologic malignancies.

Results of the study (abstract 532) were presented at the 2017 American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition, held December 9–12 in Atlanta.

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