Readmissions after colon cancer surgery: Does it matter where patients are readmitted?

Journal of Oncology Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2016, Pages e502-e512

  Luu, Ngoc Phuong ^a   Hussain, Tanvir ^a   Chang, Hsien Yen ^a   Pfoh, Elizabeth ^a   Pollack, Craig Evan ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL; MORTALITY; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT READMISSION; REGISTRIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84969174997     PISSN: 15547477     EISSN: 1935469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JOP.2015.007757     Document Type: Article

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