Is a low readmission rate indicative of a good hospital?

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 220, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 169-176

  Parina, Ralitza P ^a   Chang, David C ^a   Rose, John A ^a   Talamini, Mark A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS RESECTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; EVALUATION STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84925026215     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2014.10.020     Document Type: Article

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