Impact of obesity on resource utilization for general surgical procedures

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 241, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 821-828

  Hawn, Mary T ^a,d,e   Bian, John ^b   Leeth, Ruth R ^a   Ritchie, Gilbert ^c   Allen, Nechol ^a   Bland, Kirby I ^a   Vickers, Selwyn M ^a   Cornwell III, Edward E ^e   Greenfield, Lazar J ^e   O'Leary, J Patrick ^e   Gage, John O ^e   Cunningham, Paul R G ^e  

^a Kentucky   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COLON RESECTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WORKLOAD;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COLECTOMY; COLONIC DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGERY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 20944451698     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000161044.20857.24     Document Type: Conference Paper

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