Publication of postdischarge and readmission complications: failure, folly, or funding opportunity?: comment on "Association of postdischarge complications with reoperation and mortality in general surgery".

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Correspondence: Julie A. Sosa, MD, MA, Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, 330 Cedar St, FMB 130B, PO Box 208062, New Haven, CT 06510 (julie.sosa@yale.edu). Author Contributions: Dr Sosa takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. Study concept and design: Kazaure and Roman. Acquisition of data: Kazaure and Sosa. Analysis and interpretation of data: Kazaure, Roman, and Sosa. Drafting of the manuscript: Kazaure and Roman. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Roman and Sosa. Statistical analysis: Kazaure. Administrative, technical, and material support: Roman and Sosa. Study supervision: Roman. Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported. Online-Only Material: Listen to an author interview about this article, and others, at http://bit.ly/L4By6t.