Readmissions to an alternate hospital in patients undergoing vascular intervention for claudication and critical limb ischemia associated with significantly higher mortality.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2019.02.055
Abstract: BACKGROUND Hospital readmissions with 30 days after vascular surgical interventions have been associated with increased morbidity, mortality, and cost. Readmission rates, now a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services quality measure, have been studied in databases… read more here.
Keywords: readmission; risk factors; mortality; nonindex hospital ... See more keywords