Association between unplanned readmission rate and volume of breast cancer operation cases

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 32-35

  Ahn, H S ^a   Yoon, Seok Jun ^a   Jo, H Y ^c   Lee, H Y ^b   Lee, J ^a   Seo, H J ^c  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Korea; Outcome; Quality; Unplanned readmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER STAGING; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; AGED; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; REOPERATION; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; KOREA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT READMISSION; REOPERATION;

EID: 33644846599     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1368-5031.2006.00736.x     Document Type: Article

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