Tracking early readmission after pancreatectomy to index and nonindex institutions: A more accurate assessment of readmission

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 152-158

  Tosoian, Jeffrey J ^a   Hicks, Caitlin W ^a   Cameron, John L ^a   Valero, Vicente ^a   Eckhauser, Frederic E ^a   Hirose, Kenzo ^a   Makary, Martin A ^a   Pawlik, Timothy M ^a   Ahuja, Nita ^a   Weiss, Matthew J ^a   Wolfgang, Christopher L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; ICD-9; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER NECROSIS; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PANCREAS FISTULA; PANCREAS RESECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; VASCULAR DISEASE; VIRUS HEPATITIS; WOUND COMPLICATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; COMPLICATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH STATUS; PANCREATIC DISEASES; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; PANCREATECTOMY; PANCREATIC DISEASES; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84923314966     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: 21686262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2014.2346     Document Type: Article

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