Open AccessUnderstanding Variation in 30-Day Surgical Readmission in the Era of Accountable Care
Author(s) -
Faiz Gani,
Donald J. Lucas,
Yuhree Kim,
Eric B. Schneider,
Timothy M. Pawlik
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
jama surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.757
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 2168-6262
pISSN - 2168-6254
DOI - 10.1001/jamasurg.2015.2215
Subject(s) - medicine , subspecialty , endocrine surgery , etiology , breast surgery , odds ratio , comorbidity , retrospective cohort study , general surgery , surgery , breast cancer , cancer , family medicine , thyroid
Readmission is a target area of quality improvement in surgery. While variation in readmission is common, to our knowledge, no study has specifically examined the underlying etiology of this variation among a variety of surgical procedures performed in a large academic medical center.
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