Using same-hospital readmission rates to estimate all-hospital readmission rates

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 219, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 656-663

  Gonzalez, Andrew A ^a,b   Shih, Terry ^a   Dimick, Justin B ^a   Ghaferi, Amir A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALL HOSPITAL READMISSION RATE; ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; ICD-9-CM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; SAME HOSPITAL READMISSION RATE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HOSPITAL; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; SURGERY; TIME; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT READMISSION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84908097162     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2014.05.008     Document Type: Article

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