title: Working together: regional collaboration and readmissions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Borgess Medical Center, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
authors.forename: Stuart R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Verseman
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Center for Healthcare Outcomes and Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Electronic address: nbirkmey@umich.edu.
authors.forename: Nancy J O
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Birkmeyer
mesh_terms: D049088:Bariatrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017721:Hospital Costs / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D010359:Patient Readmission / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards*
keywords: Bariatrics; Quality of care; Readmissions