Causes and Risk Factors for 30-Day Unplanned Readmissions After Lumbar Spine Surgery

Incidence of and Risk Factors for 30-Day Readmission Following Elective Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty: Analysis From the ACS-NSQIP

(2013) Andrew J. Pugely et al.   JOURNAL OF ARTHROPLASTY

Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Initiative: The Next Evolution of Payment Formulations

(2013) Mark I. Froimson et al.   JOURNAL OF ARTHROPLASTY

Risk Factors for Readmission of Orthopaedic Surgical Patients

(2013) Elizabeth A. Dailey et al.   JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-AMERICAN VOLUME

Risk Factors for Thirty-Day Morbidity and Mortality Following Knee Arthroscopy

(2013) Christopher T Martin et al.   JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-AMERICAN VOLUME

Differences in Short-Term Complications Between Spinal and General Anesthesia for Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty

(2013) Andrew J Pugely et al.   JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-AMERICAN VOLUME

A Risk Calculator for Short-Term Morbidity and Mortality After Hip Fracture Surgery

(2013) Andrew J. Pugely et al.   JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC TRAUMA

Perioperative Complications and Mortality After Spinal Fusions

(2013) Vadim Goz et al.   SPINE

Readmission Rates After Decompression Surgery in Patients With Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Among Medicare Beneficiaries

(2013) Urvij Modhia et al.   SPINE

Patient factors, comorbidities, and surgical characteristics that increase mortality and complication risk after spinal arthrodesis: a prognostic study based on 5,887 patients

(2013) Andrew J. Schoenfeld et al.   Spine Journal

A Comparison of Clinical Registry Versus Administrative Claims Data for Reporting of 30-Day Surgical Complications

(2012) Elise H. Lawson et al.   ANNALS OF SURGERY

Total Knee Arthroplasty Volume, Utilization, and Outcomes Among Medicare Beneficiaries, 1991-2010

(2012) Peter Cram et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Infection risk for primary and revision instrumented lumbar spine fusion in the Medicare population

(2012) Steven M. Kurtz et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY-SPINE

Risk Factors for 30-Day Hospital Readmission among General Surgery Patients

(2012) Michael T. Kassin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS

Thirty-Day Readmissions — Truth and Consequences

(2012) Karen E. Joynt et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Outpatient Surgery Reduces Short-Term Complications in Lumbar Discectomy

(2012) Andrew J. Pugely et al.   SPINE

Thirty-day readmissions after elective spine surgery for degenerative conditions among US Medicare beneficiaries

(2012) Marjorie C. Wang et al.   Spine Journal

Incidence of potentially avoidable urgent readmissions and their relation to all-cause urgent readmissions

(2011) C. van Walraven et al.   CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL

Thirty-Day Readmission Rates for Medicare Beneficiaries by Race and Site of Care

(2011) Karen E. Joynt   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

An Analysis of Causes of Readmission After Spine Surgery

(2011) Richard A. McCormack et al.   SPINE

Spinal Fusion in the United States

(2011) Sean S. Rajaee et al.   SPINE

How best to measure surgical quality? comparison of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Patient Safety Indicators (AHRQ-PSI) and the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS-NSQIP) postoperative adverse events at a single institution

(2011) Robert R. Cima et al.   SURGERY

Who Has Higher Readmission Rates for Heart Failure, and Why?

(2010) Karen E. Joynt et al.  

Trends, Major Medical Complications, and Charges Associated With Surgery for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis in Older Adults

(2010) Richard A. Deyo   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

The Validity of Using Administrative Claims Data in Total Joint Arthroplasty Outcomes Research

(2010) Kevin J. Bozic et al.   JOURNAL OF ARTHROPLASTY

Trends in Health Care Expenditures, Utilization, and Health Status Among US Adults With Spine Problems, 1997–2006

(2009) Brook I. Martin et al.   SPINE