John D Cramer, Urjeet A Patel, Sandeep Samant, Stephanie Shintani Smith
OBJECTIVE: In recent decades, there has been a reduction in the length of postoperative hospital stay, with a corresponding increase in discharge to postacute care. Discharge to postacute care facilities represents a meaningful patient-centered outcome; however, little has been published about this outcome after head and neck surgery. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective review of national database. SETTING: American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program from 2011 to 2013...
December 2016: Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery