Outcome and resource utilization in gastroenterological surgery

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1006-1014

  Lang M ^a   Niskanen, M ^a   Miettinen, P ^a   Alhava, E ^a   Takala, J ^b  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGICAL PROCEDURES; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINLAND; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035672396     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0007-1323.2001.01812.x     Document Type: Article

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