Hospital readmission after management of appendicitis at freestanding children's hospitals: Contemporary trends and financial implications

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1170-1176

  Rice Townsend, Samuel ^a   Hall, Matthew ^b   Barnes, Jeff N ^b   Baxter, Jessica K ^a   Rangel, Shawn J ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Child Health Corporation of America   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Cost effectiveness; Health economics; Quality improvement; Readmission; Resource use; Surgery; Value

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; APPENDECTOMY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; BOSTON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DRAINAGE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84862491842     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2012.03.025     Document Type: Conference Paper

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