Hospital discharge to other healthcare facilities: Impact on in-hospital mortality

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 197, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 806-812

  Carey, Joseph S ^a,e   Parker, Joseph P ^b   Robertson, John M ^a   Misbach, Gregory A ^c   Fisher, Audrey L ^d  

^a California Society of Thoracic Surgeons   (United States)

^b Off of Statewide Hlth Plan/Devmt   (United States)

^c St Bernardine Medical Center   (United States)

^d SEQUOIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; VALVULOPLASTY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CALIFORNIA; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT TRANSFER; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATE HEALTH PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES; SUBACUTE CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0642280375     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2003.07.010     Document Type: Article

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