Hospital variation in readmission after coronary artery bypass surgery in California

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 729-737

  Li, Zhongmin ^a   Amstrong, Ehrin J ^a   Parker, Joseph P ^b   Danielsen, Beate ^c   Romano, Patrick S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development   (United States)

^c Health Information Solutions   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass grafting; OUTCOMES; Readmission

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BACTEREMIA; CELLULITIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEHYDRATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PERFORATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ULCER; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOVOLEMIA; INCOME; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG INFARCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MICROANGIOPATHY; MYOCARDITIS; PERICARDITIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; THORAX PAIN; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84868659810     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.112.966945     Document Type: Article

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