Predictors and costs of readmissions at an academic head and neck surgery service

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• 作者：Peter T. Dziegielewski ; Brian Boyce ; Amy Manning ; Amit Agrawal ; Matthew Old ; Enver Ozer and Theodoros N. Teknos
• 关键词：readmission ; unplanned ; head and neck surgery ; complication ; costs ; quality outcomes
• 刊名：Head & Neck
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：April 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：38
• 期：S1
• 页码：E502-E510
• 全文大小：103K
• ISSN：1097-0347

文摘

Health care metrics, such as readmission rates, are being scrutinized to improve quality and decrease cost of care. The purpose of this study was to determine the rate, predictors, and costs of 30-day unplanned readmissions (30dURs) in patients who undergo head and neck surgery.