Hospital readmission after noncardiac surgery : the role of major complications

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 149, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 439-445

  Glance, Laurent G ^a   Kellermann, Arthur L ^b   Osler, Turner M ^c   Li, Yue ^a   Mukamel, Dana B ^d   Lustik, Stewart J ^a   Eaton, Michael P ^a   Dick, Andrew W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT RISK; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL PATIENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REGISTRIES; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901337039     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2014.4     Document Type: Article

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