Association Between Baseline Affective Disorders and 30-Day Readmission Rates in Patients Undergoing Elective Spine Surgery
Adogwa O, Elsamadicy AA, Mehta AI, Vasquez RA, Cheng J, Karikari IO, Bagley CA. Association Between Baseline Affective Disorders and 30-Day Readmission Rates in Patients Undergoing Elective Spine Surgery. World Neurosurgery 2016, 94: 432-436. PMID: 27450978, DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2016.07.045.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElective spine surgeryDays of dischargeSpine surgeryReadmission ratesPsychiatric comorbidityAffective disordersCause readmissionMultivariate logistic regression modelPatient-reported outcome measuresPatient-reported outcome dataRate of readmissionBody mass indexMajor academic medical centerAcademic medical centerLogistic regression modelsUnplanned readmissionBaseline characteristicsEarly readmissionPatient ageIndependent predictorsPrimary outcomeMass indexPsychologic disordersMedical recordsUnivariate analysis