Incremental Costs of Post-Liver Transplantation Complications

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 89-95

  Ammori, John B ^a   Pelletier, Shawn J ^a   Lynch, Raymond ^a   Cohn, Joshua ^a   Ads, Yasser ^a   Campbell, Darrell A ^a   Englesbe, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PERITONITIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFIT; REIMBURSEMENT; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37249043200     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.06.292     Document Type: Article

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