Predictors of Length of Stay for Inpatients Having Benign Gynaecological Surgery

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-50

  Victory, Rahi ^a,b   Carey, Mark S ^a   Stitt, Larry ^a  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Case mix group; Gynaecologic surgery; Health care costs; Hysterectomy; Length of stay

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADNEXAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGE; AMERICAL SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGIST RISK SCORE; ARTICLE; COLPORRHAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIS FLOOR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RETROPUBIC URETHROPEXY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SACROCOLPOPEXY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UTERUS RELAXATION; UTERUS SURGERY; VAGINA DISEASE; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TIME; UTERUS BLEEDING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 21744462096     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)30171-2     Document Type: Article

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