Resource utilization for acute lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage: The Ontario GI Bleed Study

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 677-682

  Comay, Dan ^a   Marshall, John K ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cost; Gastrointestinal hemorrhage; Length of stay; Resource utilization

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIVERTICULOSIS; DRUG USE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEMORRHOID; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0036813686     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2002/156592     Document Type: Article

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