Differentiating among hospitals performing physiologically complex operative procedures in the elderly

Anesthesiology

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1552-1561

  Wachtel, Ruth E ^a   Dexter, Franklin ^a,b  

^a Division of Management Consulting   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 2542470493     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200406000-00031     Document Type: Article

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