2009
Cervical Spine Reoperation Rates and Hospital Resource Utilization after Initial Surgery for Degenerative Cervical Spine Disease in 12 338 Patients in Washington State
King JT, Abbed KM, Gould GC, Benzel EC, Ghogawala Z. Cervical Spine Reoperation Rates and Hospital Resource Utilization after Initial Surgery for Degenerative Cervical Spine Disease in 12 338 Patients in Washington State. Neurosurgery 2009, 65: 1011-1023. PMID: 19934960, DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000360347.10596.bd.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDegenerative cervical spine diseaseCervical spine surgeryCervical spine diseaseLength of stayReoperation rateHospital chargesSpine diseaseSpine surgeryFusion surgeryPrimary diagnosisDegenerative cervical spine surgeryLongitudinal retrospective cohort studyGreater hospital chargesRetrospective cohort studyYear of surgeryHigher reoperation rateLower reoperation rateClinical Modification codesHospital resource utilizationDiseases-Ninth RevisionState Inpatient DatabasesMultivariate Poisson regressionVentral surgeryInitial surgeryCohort studyPrevalence, Complications, and Hospital Charges Associated With Use of Bone-Morphogenetic Proteins in Spinal Fusion Procedures
Cahill KS, H. J, Day A, Claus EB. Prevalence, Complications, and Hospital Charges Associated With Use of Bone-Morphogenetic Proteins in Spinal Fusion Procedures. JAMA 2009, 302: 58-66. PMID: 19567440, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2009.956.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpinal fusion proceduresAnterior cervical fusionHospital chargesSpinal fusionCervical fusionFusion proceduresUse of BMPAnterior cervical fusion proceduresBone morphogenetic protein useNationwide Inpatient Sample databaseBone morphogenetic proteinGreater hospital chargesPosterior cervical proceduresRetrospective cohort studyWound-related complicationsMore frequent complicationsRate of complicationsTotal hospital chargesCervical fusion proceduresInpatient hospital chargesLength of staySpinal fusion surgeryUS community hospitalsCervical proceduresComplication occurrence
1987
Predicting emergency readmissions for patients discharged from the medical service of a teaching hospital
Phillips R, Safran C, Cleary P, Delbanco T. Predicting emergency readmissions for patients discharged from the medical service of a teaching hospital. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 1987, 2: 400-405. PMID: 3694300, DOI: 10.1007/bf02596366.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency readmissionRenal diseaseTeaching hospitalAcute care teaching hospitalGreater hospital chargesDays of dischargeRisk factor profileElevated anion gapAvailable clinical dataMedical servicesReadmitted patientsLonger hospitalizationPatient demographicsPrior admissionClinical factorsHeart failureDischarge diagnosisHospital chargesRelative riskClinical dataAnion gapReadmissionReduced riskPatientsFactor profile
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