Return to Acute Care Following Ambulatory Surgery

JAMA. 2015 Oct 6;314(13):1397-9. doi: 10.1001/jama.2015.12210.

Authors

Claudia A Steiner¹, Melinda Maggard-Gibbons², Susan Oehme Raetzman³, Marguerite L Barrett⁴, Greg D Sacks⁵, Pamela L Owens¹

Affiliations

¹ Center for Delivery, Organization and Markets, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland.
² RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California.
³ Truven Health Analytics, Bethesda, Maryland.
⁴ M. L. Barrett Inc, Del Mar, California.
⁵ Department of Surgery, University of California David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles.

PMID: 26441186
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2015.12210

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Ambulatory Care Facilities / statistics & numerical data
Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / standards*
Emergency Service, Hospital / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Inpatients
Postoperative Complications*
Retrospective Studies
Risk Assessment
United States