Care fragmentation in the postdischarge period surgical readmissions, distance of travel, and postoperative mortality

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 59-64

  Tsai, Thomas C ^a,b   Orav, E John ^a,b   Jha, Ashish K ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG LOBECTOMY; MAJOR SURGERY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; TRAVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; INCIDENCE; MALE; MORTALITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICARE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84921641425     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2014.2071     Document Type: Article

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