Understanding Variation in 30-Day Surgical Readmission in the Era of Accountable Care: Effect of the Patient, Surgeon, and Surgical Subspecialties
Gani F, Lucas D, Kim Y, Schneider E, Pawlik T. Understanding Variation in 30-Day Surgical Readmission in the Era of Accountable Care: Effect of the Patient, Surgeon, and Surgical Subspecialties. JAMA Surgery 2015, 150: 1042-1049. PMID: 26244543, DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2015.2215.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAccountable Care OrganizationsAdultAge FactorsAgedClinical CompetenceComprehensionDatabases, FactualDelivery of Health CareFemaleHumansIncidenceLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisPatient ReadmissionPhysician's RolePostoperative ComplicationsRetrospective StudiesSex FactorsSocioeconomic FactorsSpecialties, SurgicalSurgical Procedures, OperativeTime FactorsConceptsMajor surgical proceduresSurgical proceduresSurgical subspecialtiesRace/ethnicityPostoperative complicationsEndocrine surgeryAfrican American race/ethnicitySurgeon-level factorsPatient-level factorsTertiary care centerLarge academic medical centerPatient-related factorsSubspecialty levelAdministrative claims dataAcademic medical centerIndividual surgeon levelDifferent surgical subspecialtiesPreoperative comorbiditiesHospital morbidityPatient ageSurgical readmissionsCardiac surgeryTransplant surgeryPayer typeCare center