Severity of Chronic Pain Affects Health Care Utilization After Kidney Transplantation

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1122-1125

  Hollisaaz, M T ^a   Noorbala, M H ^a   Irani, N ^a   Bahaeloo Horeh, S ^a   Assari, S ^a   Saadat, S H ^a   Araghizadeh, H ^a   Rezaie, Y ^a  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IRAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34248508823     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.03.098     Document Type: Article

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