Effect of hospital safety-net burden on cost and outcomes after surgery

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 120-128

  Hoehn, Richard S ^a   Wima, Koffi ^a   Vestal, Matthew A ^b   Weilage, Drew J ^c   Hanseman, Dennis J ^a   Abbott, Daniel E ^a   Shah, Shimul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Sg2 Health Care and Hospital System Consultancy   (United States)

^c Centura Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE COST; HERNIOPLASTY; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG LOBECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PATIENT SAFETY; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY NET HOSPITAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY-NET PROVIDERS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84959113051     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2015.3209     Document Type: Article

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