Tracking early readmission after pancreatectomy to index and nonindex institutions: a more accurate assessment of readmission.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Readmission after pancreatectomy is common, but few data compare patterns of readmission to index and nonindex hospitals.

Objectives

To evaluate the rate of readmission to index and nonindex institutions following pancreatectomy at a tertiary high-volume institution and to identify patient-level factors predictive of those readmissions.

Design, setting, and participants

Retrospective analysis of a prospectively collected institutional database linked to statewide data of patients who underwent pancreatectomy at a tertiary care referral center between January 1, 2005, and December 2, 2010.

Exposure

Pancreatectomy.

Main outcomes and measures

The primary outcome was unplanned 30-day readmission to index or nonindex hospitals. Risk factors and rea

SUBMITTER: Tosoian JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4461067 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature