NIS vs SAGES: A comparison of national and voluntary databases

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1124-1128

  Morton, J M ^a   Galanko, J A ^b   Soper, N J ^c   Low, D E ^d   Hunter, J ^e   Traverso, L W ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coding; Database; Fundoplication; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; STUDENT T TEST; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; FUNDOPLICATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746079589     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-004-8829-6     Document Type: Article

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