title: The Medicare readmission measure for surgical hospitalizations: awful or just not very good?
authors.affiliation: Division of General Surgery, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada2Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada3Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, Department of Surgery, Uni.
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Urbach
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D038801:International Classification of Diseases; D008297:Male; D006278:Medicare; D010359:Patient Readmission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000009:adverse effects*