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Analysis of 30-day readmissions among neurosurgical patients: surgical complication avoidance as key to quality improvement

  • Colin C. Buchanan
  • , Estebes A. Hernandez
  • , Jody M. Anderson
  • , Justin A. Dye
  • , Michelle Leung
  • , Farzad Buxey
  • , Marvin Bergsneider
  • , Nasim Afsar-Manesh
  • , Nader Pouratian
  • , Neil A. Martin

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)170-175
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of neurosurgery
Volume121
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2014
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Surgery
  • Clinical Neurology

Keywords

  • 30-Day readmission
  • Neurosurgery
  • Preventability
  • Quality improvement
  • Length of Stay
  • Neurosurgical Procedures/adverse effects
  • Patient Readmission
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Patient Discharge
  • Postoperative Complications/etiology
  • Male
  • Quality Improvement
  • Time Factors
  • Adult
  • Female
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Quality of Health Care

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