Objective To synthesise evidence on risk factors associated with paediatric unplanned
hospital readmissions (UHRs). Design Systematic review. Data source CINAHL, EMBASE …

Background Owing to the rising costs of health care delivery, the quality of delivered care
has become a central issue across all medical specialties. Consequently, there is increasing …

OBJECTIVE Hospital readmission rate is increasingly used as a quality outcome measure
after surgery. The purpose of this study was to establish, using a national database, the …

OBJECTIVE Although reoperation and readmission have been used as quality metrics, there
are limited data evaluating the rate of, reasons for, and predictors of reoperation and …

OBJECTIVE Shunt surgery consumes a large amount of pediatric neurosurgical health care
resources. Although many studies have sought to identify risk factors for shunt failure, there …

OBJECTIVE Readmission and return to operating room after surgery are increasingly being
used as a proxy for quality of care. Nearly 60% of these readmissions are unplanned, which …

Background A shift in how we evaluate healthcare outcomes has driven the introduction of
quality indicators as potential parameters to evaluate value-based healthcare delivery. So …

Objective Quality indicators are emerging as tools to evaluate health care outcomes. Few
studies have evaluated indicators suitable for neurosurgery so far. Among others …

OBJECTIVE The 30-day readmission rate has emerged as an important marker of the quality
of in-hospital care in several fields of medicine. This review aims to summarize available …

OBJECT Of the 1.7 million traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) in the US, a third occur in patients
under 14 years of age. The rate of posttraumatic epilepsy (PTE) may be as high as 19% after …