Hospital utilization and costs in a cohort of injection drug users

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 165, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 415-420

  Palepu, A ^a   Tyndall, M W ^a   Leon, H ^a   Muller, J ^a   O'Shaughnessy, M V ^a   Schechter, M T ^a   Anis, A H ^a  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY WARD; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMED CONSENT; INJECTION; LACERATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PNEUMONIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROCONVERSION; SEROPREVALENCE; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION;

EID: 0034820601     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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