Early versus late readmission after surgery among patients with employer-provided health insurance

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 262, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 502-509

  Kim, Yuhree ^a   Gani, Faiz ^a   Lucas, Donald J ^b   Ejaz, Aslam ^c   Spolverato, Gaya ^a   Canner, Joseph K ^a   Schneider, Eric B ^a   Pawlik, Timothy M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Care fragmentation; Late readmission; Readmission; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COLON RESECTION; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CYSTECTOMY; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ICD-9-CM; INCIDENCE; LIVER RESECTION; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PANCREAS RESECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL PATIENT; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL COST; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; TIME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84942518001     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001429     Document Type: Conference Paper

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