Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 206, Issue 2 , Pages 292-300, February 2008

Social Connectedness and Patient Recovery after Major Operations

Center for Practice Management and Outcomes Research, Health Services Research and Development, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI; Center for Statistical Consultation and Research, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; Departments of Anesthesiology and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System and University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

Received 2 May 2007; received in revised form 24 July 2007; accepted 27 August 2007. published online 12 November 2007.

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 Competing Interests Declared: None.

 Supported by a grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development IIR 01-197-1.

PII: S1072-7515(07)01565-7

doi:10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.08.017

Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 206, Issue 2 , Pages 292-300, February 2008

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