Analysis of centers for medicaid and medicare services 'never events' in elderly patients undergoing bowel operations

American Surgeon

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 841-845

  Morse, Bryan C ^a   Boland, Brian N ^a   Blackhurst, Dawn W ^a   Roettger, Richard H ^a  

^a GREENVILLE HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER COMPLICATION; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTERS FOR MEDICAID AND MEDICARE SERVICES; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE RESECTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; AGE; COLON; ECONOMICS; INTESTINE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; COLON; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 77956204300     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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