Return hospital visits and hospital readmissions after ambulatory surgery

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 230, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 721-727

  Mezei, Gabor ^a   Chung, Frances ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0033510692     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199911000-00016     Document Type: Article

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