An economic analysis of hospital charges for choledocholithiasis by different treatment strategies

American Surgeon

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 472-477

  Schroeppel, Thomas J ^a   Lambert, Pamela J ^a   Mathiason, Michelle A ^a   Kothari, Shanu N ^a  

^a GUNDERSEN LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLEDOCHOTOMY; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMICS; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; COMMON BILE DUCT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS; COMMON BILE DUCT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34250172431     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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