Contributions of planned readmissions and patient comorbidities to high readmission rates in vascular surgery patients Natalia O. Glebova, MD, PhD, Michael Bronsert, PhD, MS, Caitlin W. Hicks, MD, MS, Mahmoud B. Malas, MD, MHS, Karl E. Hammermeister, MD, James H. Black, MD, Mark R. Nehler, MD, William G. Henderson, PhD, MPH Journal of Vascular Surgery Volume 63, Issue 3, Pages 746-755.e2 (March 2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2015.09.032 Copyright © 2016 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology diagram of patient exclusions and missing data in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Participant User File (ACS NSQIP PUF) 2012-2014. aCardiac surgery, interventional radiology, other, and unknown surgeon specialties were excluded. bAge, cigarette smoker within 1 year, and systemic sepsis within 48 hours. ASA, American Society of Anesthesiologists. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2016 63, 746-755.e2DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2015.09.032) Copyright © 2016 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Supplementary Fig (online only) Hosmer-Lemeshow partitions of risk of 30-day unplanned readmission for split sample developmental and validation data sets. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2016 63, 746-755.e2DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2015.09.032) Copyright © 2016 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions