Unexpected Readmissions After Major Cancer Surgery. An Evaluation of Readmissions as a Quality-of-Care Indicator

Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 397-405

  Rochefort, Matthew M ^a   Tomlinson, James S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Oncology; Quality care; Readmission; Rehospitalization; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; COLON CANCER; COMORBIDITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICARE; OPERATION DURATION; PANCREAS CANCER; PATIENT CARE; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING;

DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860864311     PISSN: 10553207     EISSN: 15585042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soc.2012.03.004     Document Type: Review

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