Analysis of 30-day readmissions among neurosurgical patients: Surgical complication avoidance as key to quality improvement - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 170-175

  Buchanan, Colin C ^a   Hernandez, Estebes A ^a   Anderson, Jody M ^a   Dye, Justin A ^a   Leung, Michelle ^a   Buxey, Farzad ^a   Bergsneider, Marvin ^a   Afsar Manesh, Nasim ^a   Pouratian, Nader ^a   Martin, Neil A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

30 Day readmission; Neurosurgery; Preventability; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNT MALFUNCTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEUROSURGERY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKULL DEFECT; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

30-DAY READMISSION; NEUROSURGERY; PREVENTABILITY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; UCLA = UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84903878336     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.4.JNS13944     Document Type: Article

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