Hospitalization trends after prostate and bladder surgery: Implications of potential payment reforms

Journal of Urology

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 59-65

  Jacobs, Bruce L ^a   Zhang, Yun ^a   Tan, Hung Jui ^a   Ye, Zaojun ^a   Skolarus, Ted A ^a,b   Hollenbeck, Brent K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

length of stay; patient discharge; patient readmission; prostatic neoplasms; urinary bladder neoplasms

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CYSTECTOMY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SOCIAL STATUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CYSTECTOMY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PROSTATECTOMY; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS;

EID: 84870906246     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2012.08.182     Document Type: Article

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