Predicting length of stay out of hospital following lung resection using preoperative health status measures

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 645-654

  Parsons, Janet A ^a   Johnston, Michael R ^c   Slutsky, Arthur S ^b  

^a TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c University Centre ^*

Author keywords

Health status; Quality of life; Thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG SURGERY; LUNG TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PNEUMONECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 0042330233     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025147906867     Document Type: Article

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