Drivers of Readmissions in Vascular Surgery Patients

Readmissions are frequent in vascular surgery patients, but it is not clear which factors are the drivers of readmissions. Specifically, the relative contributions of patient comorbidities vs postoperative complications are unknown. We sought to study the potential drivers of readmission and create a model for predicting the risk of readmission in vascular patients.

Source: Journal of Vascular Surgery - July 24, 2015 Category: Surgery Authors: Natalia O. Glebova, Michael Bronsert, Karl E. Hammermeister, Mark R. Nehler, James H. Black, William G. Henderson Tags: Abstract from the 2015 Annual Meetings of the Western Vascular Society and Australia and New Zealand Society for Vascular Surgery Source Type: research