Causes and implications of readmission after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 256, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 595-605

  Greenblatt, David Yu ^a,b   Greenberg, Caprice C ^a,b   Kind, Amy J H ^a,c   Havlena, Jeffrey A ^a   Mell, Matthew W ^d   Nelson, Matthew T ^a   Smith, Maureen A ^a,b   Kent, K Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Laboratory Medicine   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AAA repair; abdominal aortic aneurysm repair; CMS; healthcare reform; Medicare; readmission; rehospitalization; surgical outcomes; vascular surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; FEMALE; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; WOUND COMPLICATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT TRANSFER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR GRAFTING;

EID: 84866565445     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31826b4bfe     Document Type: Conference Paper

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