Trends in Adoption of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Rural Versus Urban Hospitals

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 28-32

  Kemp, Jason A ^a   Zuckerman, Randall S ^c   Finlayson, Samuel R G ^a,b  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BASSETT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TRAINING; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37249054545     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.06.289     Document Type: Article

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