The impact of surgical complications after liver transplantation on resource utilization

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1098-1103

  Brown Jr , Robert S ^a   Ascher, Nancy L ^b   Lake, John R ^b   Emond, Jean C ^b   Bacchetti, Peter ^b   Randall, Henry B ^b   Roberts, John P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 1842416521     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1997.01430340052008     Document Type: Article

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