2015
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
2013
Influence of Patient, Physician, and Hospital Factors on 30-Day Readmission Following Pancreatoduodenectomy in the United States
Hyder O, Dodson R, Nathan H, Schneider E, Weiss M, Cameron J, Choti M, Makary M, Hirose K, Wolfgang C, Herman J, Pawlik T. Influence of Patient, Physician, and Hospital Factors on 30-Day Readmission Following Pancreatoduodenectomy in the United States. JAMA Surgery 2013, 148: 1095-1102. PMID: 24108580, PMCID: PMC3983984, DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2013.2509.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overAttitude of Health PersonnelCohort StudiesComorbidityCross InfectionFemaleHealth Care SurveysHospital MortalityHumansLength of StayMaleMedicareOutcome Assessment, Health CarePancreatic NeoplasmsPancreaticoduodenectomyPatient ReadmissionPostoperative ComplicationsPractice Patterns, Physicians'Retrospective StudiesRisk FactorsSEER ProgramSurvival RateTime FactorsUnited StatesWorkloadConceptsPancreatoduodenectomy proceduresMedical comorbiditiesHospital factorsSurgeon volumeMedicare dataPopulation-based cancer registry dataPreoperative medical comorbiditiesRetrospective cohort studyDays of dischargeHospital-level factorsLow-volume hospitalsPatient-related factorsChance of readmissionLength of stayInfluence of patientCancer registry dataPancreatoduodenectomy patientsHospital morbidityCohort studyHospital volumeHospital readmissionMedian agePhysician factorsDistinct hospitalsPatient level