Fragmentation of Care after Surgical Discharge: Non-Index Readmission after Major Cancer Surgery

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 222, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 780-789.e2

  Zheng, Chaoyi ^a,b   Habermann, Elizabeth B ^e   Shara, Nawar M ^c,d   Langan, Russell C ^b   Hong, Young ^b   Johnson, Lynt B ^b   Al Refaie, Waddah B ^b,c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MEDSTAR HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Delaware   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER RESECTION; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS RESECTION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM RESECTION; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CALIFORNIA; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTATECTOMY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CALIFORNIA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTATECTOMY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84962502475     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2016.01.052     Document Type: Article

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