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Defining Rates and Risk Factors for Readmissions Following Emergency General Surgery

Author(s) -

Joaquim M. Havens,

Olubode A. Olufajo,

Zara Cooper,

Adil H. Haider,

Adil A. Shah,

Alí Salim

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.2015.4056

Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , logistic regression , comorbidity , emergency medicine , odds , hospital readmission , emergency department , healthcare cost and utilization project , general surgery , health care , psychiatry , economics , economic growth

Hospital readmission rates following surgery are increasingly being used as a marker of quality of care and are used in pay-for-performance metrics. To our knowledge, comprehensive data on readmissions to the initial hospital or a different hospital after emergency general surgery (EGS) procedures do not exist.

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