Hospital stay amongst patients undergoing major elective colorectal surgery: Predicting prolonged stay and readmissions in NHS hospitals

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 816-822

  Faiz, O ^a   Haji, A ^b   Burns, E ^a   Bottle, A ^c   Kennedy, R ^d   Aylin, P ^c  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Colorectal surgery; Length of stay; Resource utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; COLON SURGERY; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; EXCISION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR ELECTIVE COLORECTAL SURGERY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM SURGERY; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BED OCCUPANCY; COLONIC DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; POVERTY; RECTAL DISEASES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 79958762045     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2010.02277.x     Document Type: Article

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