Validation of days at home as an outcome measure after surgery: A prospective cohort study in Australia

BMJ Open

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2017, Pages

  Myles, Paul S ^a,b   Shulman, Mark A ^a   Heritier, Stephane ^b   Wallace, Sophie ^a   McIlroy, David R ^a,b   McCluskey, Stuart ^c   Sillar, Isabella ^b   Forbes, Andrew ^b  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

clinical trials; outcome; perioperative medicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOME; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REHABILITATION CENTER; SEX; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION STUDY; HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTOR;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REHABILITATION CENTERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85044719122     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-015828     Document Type: Article

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