Patterns of care for readmission after radical cystectomy in New York State and the effect of care fragmentation

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 426.e13-426.e19

  Pak, Jamie S ^a   Lascano, Danny ^a   Kabat, Daniel H ^b   Finkelstein, Julia B ^a   RoyChoudhury, Arindam ^c   DeCastro, G Joel ^a   Gold, William ^b,c   McKiernan, James M ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b Gold Health Strategies   (United States)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuity of patient care; Cystectomy; Mortality; Patient readmission; Postoperative care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; NEW YORK; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NEW YORK; PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT TRANSFER; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84942194605     PISSN: 10781439     EISSN: 18732496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2015.06.001     Document Type: Article

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