Association between occurrence of a postoperative complication and readmission: Implications for quality improvement and cost savings

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 258, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 10-18

  Lawson, Elise H ^a,b,c   Hall, Bruce Lee ^b,d,e,f   Louie, Rachel ^a   Ettner, Susan L ^a   Zingmond, David S ^a   Han, Lein ^g   Rapp, Michael ^g,h   Ko, Clifford Y ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

^c VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

^h GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Cost savings; Postoperative; Quality improvement; Readmission

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BRONCHIECTASIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; COR PULMONALE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COST CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FEMALE; GANGRENE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HERNIA; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICARE; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RESPIRATORY ARREST; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK FACTOR; SEPTICEMIA; SURGICAL INFECTION; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COST SAVINGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879114584     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31828e3ac3     Document Type: Article

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