Readmission predicts 90-day mortality after esophagectomy: Analysis of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Registry linked to Medicare outcomes

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 150, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1254-1260

  Hu, Yinin ^a   McMurry, Timothy L ^a   Stukenborg, George J ^a   Kozower, Benjamin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

esophageal cancer; esophagectomy; outcomes; postoperative mortality; postoperative readmission

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGERY; VERY ELDERLY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CANCER REGISTRY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT READMISSION; RISK FACTORS; SEER PROGRAM; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84947799408     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.08.071     Document Type: Article

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