Hospitalization patterns before and after liver transplantation

Transplantation

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1590-1594

  Schaubel, Douglas E ^a,b   Wei, Guanghui ^a   Dykstra, Dawn M ^b,c   Port, Friedrich K ^b,c   Merion, Robert M ^b  

^a Department of Biostatistics ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c ARBOR RESEARCH COLLABORATIVE FOR HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital admissions; Length of stay; Model of end stage liver disease; Morbidity; Transplant benefit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37549018568     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000295733.69375.2f     Document Type: Article

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