Rehospitalization to primary versus different facilities following abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Saunders, Richard S ^a   Fernandes Taylor, Sara ^a   Kind, Amy J H ^a,b   Engelbert, Travis L ^a   Greenberg, Caprice C ^a   Smith, Maureen A ^a   Matsumura, Jon S ^a   Kent, K Craig ^a  

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

^b WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SEPSIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; URBAN POPULATION; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT READMISSION; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84900793705     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2013.12.015     Document Type: Article

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