The relationship between timing of surgical complications and hospital readmission

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 348-354

  Morris, Melanie S ^a,b   Deierhoi, Rhiannon J ^a,b   Richman, Joshua S ^a,b   Altom, Laura K ^a,b,c   Hawn, Mary T ^a,b  

^a BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Kentucky   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SURGICAL INFECTION; VASCULAR SURGERY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84898799624     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2013.4064     Document Type: Article

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