Readmission destination and risk of mortality after major surgery: an observational cohort study

The Lancet

Volumn 386, Issue 9996, 2015, Pages 884-895

  Brooke, Benjamin S ^a,b   Goodney, Philip P ^c   Kraiss, Larry W ^a   Gottlieb, Daniel J ^d   Samore, Matthew H ^a,b   Finlayson, Samuel R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTERY BYPASS; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON RESECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CRANIOTOMY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HERNIOPLASTY; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PANCREAS RESECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROSURGERY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THORAX SURGERY; VASCULAR SURGERY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84940961680     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60087-3     Document Type: Article

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