TY  - JOUR
T1  - SAme-day discharge after percutaneous coronary intervention
AU  - Janus TJ
Y1  - 2012/01/18
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2011.2015
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 251
EP  - 252
VL  - 307
IS  - 3
N2  - 
To the Editor: Dr Rao and colleagues1 found that in patients enrolled in Medicare and at low risk for undergoing elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), same day discharge was rarely implemented but was not associated with increased risk of death or readmission compared with overnight observation. They concluded that “ . . . overnight observation is driven less by patient risk and more by either local practice patterns or other nonclinical reasons.” Unfortunately, the authors offered no practice pattern explanations and only one nonclinical reason, reimbursement, which they dismissed.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2011.2015
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2011.2015
ER  -