Excess costs attributable to postoperative complications

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 490-503

  Carey, Kathleen ^a   Stefos, Theodore ^a   Shibei Zhao, ^a   Borzecki, Ann M ^a,b   Rosen, Amy K ^a,c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA Center for Organization Leadership and Management Research   (United States)

Author keywords

cost; hospitals; patient safety; quality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPLICATION SITE INFECTION; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; WOUND COMPLICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051536340     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558710396378     Document Type: Article

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