作者
Michael Hu, Bruce L Jacobs, Jeffrey S Montgomery, Chang He, Jun Ye, Yun Zhang, Julien Brathwaite, Todd M Morgan, Khaled S Hafez, Alon Z Weizer, Scott M Gilbert, Cheryl T Lee, Mariel S Lavieri, Jonathan E Helm, Brent K Hollenbeck, Ted A Skolarus
发表日期
2014/5/1
期刊
Cancer
卷号
120
期号
9
页码范围
1409-1416
简介
BACKGROUND
Readmissions after radical cystectomy are common, burdensome, and poorly understood. For these reasons, the authors conducted a population‐based study that focused on the causes of and time to readmission after radical cystectomy.
METHODS
Using Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results‐Medicare data, at total of 1782 patients who underwent radical cystectomy from 2003 through 2009 were identified. A piecewise exponential model was used to examine reasons for readmission as well as patient and clinical factors associated with the timing of readmission.
RESULTS
One in 4 patients (25.5%) were readmitted within 30 days of discharge after radical cystectomy. Compared with patients without readmission, those readmitted were similar with regard to age, sex, and race. Readmitted patients had more complications (33.8% vs 13.9%; P < .001) and were more likely to have been …
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