Introduction Hospital readmission rates are increasingly used for both quality improvement
and cost control. However, the validity of readmission rates as a measure of quality of …

Colorectal surgery patients frequently suffer from postoperative complications. Patients with
complications have been shown to be at higher risk for mortality, poor oncologic outcomes …

Background Reducing hospital-readmission rates is a clinical and policy priority, but little is
known about variation in rates of readmission after major surgery and whether these rates at …

BACKGROUND: Hospital readmission within 30 days of an index hospitalization is receiving
increased scrutiny as a marker of poor-quality patient care. This study identifies factors …

Objective: To estimate the effect of preventing postoperative complications on readmission
rates and costs. Background: Policymakers are targeting readmission for quality …

Objective: To determine whether black patients have higher odds of readmission than white
patients after major surgery, and to ascertain whether these disparities are related to where …

BACKGROUND: Hospital readmissions are gathering increasing attention as a measure of
health care quality and as a cost-saving target. The American College of Surgeons National …

Purpose Travel distances to care have increased substantially with centralization of complex
cancer procedures at high-volume centers. We hypothesize that longer travel distances are …

Abstract Background The Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) originally was developed to
predict mortality within 1 year of hospital admission in patients without trauma. As it includes …

Importance Collaboration between geriatricians and surgeons in the perioperative treatment
of older patients has been associated with improved outcomes in several nononcologic …