Patient readmission and mortality after colorectal surgery for colon cancer: Impact of length of stay relative to other clinical factors

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 214, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 390-398

  Schneider, Eric B ^a   Hyder, Omar ^a   Brooke, Benjamin S ^a   Efron, Jonathan ^a   Cameron, John L ^a   Edil, Barish H ^a   Schulick, Richard D ^a   Choti, Michael A ^a   Wolfgang, Christopher L ^a   Pawlik, Timothy M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURGERY; COLON CANCER; COLON RESECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SIGMOIDECTOMY; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COLECTOMY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859218352     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2011.12.025     Document Type: Article

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