The readmission rate as an indicator of the quality of elective surgical inpatient care for the elderly in New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 1289, 2009, Pages

  Rumball Smith, Juliet ^a   Hider, Phil ^a   Graham, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMORBIDITY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HERNIOPLASTY; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; RISK; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 63049094267     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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