The cost of dying of end-stage liver disease

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 1429-1432

  Wong, Linda L ^a,b   McFall, Paul ^a   Wong, Livingston M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST; COST OF ILLNESS; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL COST; LIVER FAILURE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNTING;

EID: 0030756937     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.157.13.1429     Document Type: Article

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