Readmissions after complex aneurysm repair are frequent, costly, and primarily at nonindex hospitals

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1429-1437

  Glebova, Natalia O ^a   Hicks, Caitlin W ^b   Taylor, Ryan ^c   Tosoian, Jeffrey J ^b   Orion, Kristine C ^b   Arnaoutakis, K Dean ^b   Arnaoutakis, George J ^b   Black, James H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; THORACOABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL COST; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TIME; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BALTIMORE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84925224450     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2014.08.092     Document Type: Conference Paper

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