Unplanned early hospital readmissions in a vascular surgery population
Author(s) -
Alexandra Papadopoulos,
Sue Devries,
Janice Montbriand,
Naomi Eisenberg,
Charles de Mestral,
Graham RocheNagle
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
canadian journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.609
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1488-2310
pISSN - 0008-428X
DOI - 10.1503/cjs.010318
Subject(s) - medicine , emergency medicine , psychological intervention , cohort , population , disease , hospital readmission , medical record , vascular surgery , surgery , cardiac surgery , environmental health , psychiatry
Patients who undergo vascular surgery are burdened by high early readmission rates. We examined the frequency and cause of early readmissions after elective and emergent admission to the vascular surgery service at our institution to identify modifiable targets for quality improvement.
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