Early Hospital Readmission and Mortality Risk after Surgical Treatment of Proximal Humerus Fractures in a Community-Based Health Care Organization | Zendy

Edward H. Yian | Zendy; Hui Zhou | Zendy; Ariyon Schreiber | Zendy; Jeff Sodl | Zendy; Ronald A. Navarro | Zendy; Anshuman Singh | Zendy; Nikita Bezrukov | Zendy

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Early Hospital Readmission and Mortality Risk after Surgical Treatment of Proximal Humerus Fractures in a Community-Based Health Care Organization

Author(s) -

Edward H. Yian,

Hui Zhou,

Ariyon Schreiber,

Jeff Sodl,

Ronald A. Navarro,

Anshuman Singh,

Nikita Bezrukov

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

the permanente journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.445

H-Index - 30

eISSN - 1552-5775

pISSN - 1552-5767

DOI - 10.7812/tpp/15-065

Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , confidence interval , retrospective cohort study , emergency medicine , multivariate analysis , comorbidity , diagnosis code , mortality rate , logistic regression , population , incidence (geometry) , environmental health , physics , optics

Surgical treatment for proximal humerus fractures has increased exponentially. Recent health care policies incentivize centers to reduce hospital readmission rates. Better understanding of risk factors for readmission and early mortality in this population will assist in identifying favorable risk-benefit patient profiles.

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