Complications after discharge predict readmission after colorectal surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health care providers, hospitals, and pay-for-performance programs are focused on strategies identifying patients at highest risk for re-admission after colorectal surgery. The study objective was to determine characteristics most associated with re-admission after elective colorectal surgery using a conceptual framework approach.

Methods

This is an observational study of Michigan Surgical Quality Collaborative clinical registry data for 8962 colorectal surgery cases between July-2012 and April-2015. Separate mixed models were fit using known re-admission risk factors aligned in categories that may impact re-admissions by different mechanisms. Overall model discrimination was evaluated using Area Under the Curve estimated on a hold-out data set and examining diffe

SUBMITTER: Albright J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6488217 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature