Gastrostomy placement and mortality among hospitalized Medicare beneficiaries

JAMA

Volumn 279, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 1973-1976

  Grant, Mark D ^a,b,d   Rudberg, Mark A ^c   Brody, Jacob A ^b  

^a West Suburban Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d W Suburban Center for Primary Care   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CAUCASIAN; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0032562951     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.279.24.1973     Document Type: Article

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