Utilization of health care resources for low-risk patients with acute, nonvariceal upper GI hemorrhage: An historical cohort study

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 321-327

  Dulai, Gareth S ^a   Gralnek, Ian M ^a,b   Oei, Tommy T ^a   Chang, Dong ^a   Alofaituli, Gwen ^a   Gornbein, Jeff ^a   Kahn, Katherine ^a  

^a UCLA Center for the Study of Digestive Healthcare Quality and Outcomes ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; CLASSIFICATION; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; STOMACH ULCER; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HISTAMINE H2 ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STOMACH ULCER;

EID: 0036514790     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mge.2002.121880     Document Type: Article

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