Women at war: The crucible of Vietnam.

Relatively little has been written about the military women who served in Vietnam, and there is virtually no literature on deployed civilian women (non-military). We examined the experiences of 1285 American women, military and civilian, who served in Vietnam during the war and responded to a mail survey conducted approximately 25 years later in which they were asked to report and reflect upon their experiences and social and health histories. We compare civilian women, primarily American Red Cross workers, to military women stratified by length of service, describe their demographic characteristics and warzone experiences (including working conditions, exposure to casualties and sexual harassment), and their homecoming following Vietnam.

Causes and Timing of Unplanned Early Readmission After Neurosurgery.

Background: Reducing the rate of 30-day hospital readmission has become a priority in healthcare quality improvement policy, with a focus on better characterizing the reasons for unplanned readmission. In neurosurgery, however, peer-reviewed analyses describing the patterns of readmission have been limited in their number and generalizability.

Objective: To determine the incidence, timing, and causes of 30-day readmission after neurosurgical procedures.

Patterns of care for readmission after radical cystectomy in New York State and the effect of care fragmentation.

Objective: To determine if readmission after radical cystectomy (RC) to the original hospital of the procedure (OrH) vs. readmission to a different hospital (DiffH) has an effect on outcomes.

Methods: The New York Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System database was queried for discharges between January 1, 2009 and November 31, 2012 after RC in New York State.