Impact of treatment policies on patient outcomes and resource utilization in acute cholecystitis in Japanese hospitals

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Sekimoto, Miho ^a   Imanaka, Yuichi ^a   Hirose, Masahiro ^a   Ishizaki, Tatsuro ^a   Murakami, Genki ^a   Fukata, Yushi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL POLICY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; CHOLECYSTITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLICY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLECYSTITIS; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33745787491     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-6-40     Document Type: Article

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