What Are the 30-day Readmission Rates Across Orthopaedic Subspecialties?

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 474, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 838-847

  Bernatz, James T ^a,b   Tueting, Jonathan L ^a   Hetzel, Scott ^a   Anderson, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b 6136 UW Medical Foundation Centennial Building   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE INJURY; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; BONE TUMOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT INJURY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HAND INJURY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; ORTHOPEDICS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPINE INJURY; SURGICAL INFECTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84957845775     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-015-4602-5     Document Type: Article

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