Nationwide patterns of hospitalizations to centers with high volume of admissions for inflammatory bowel disease and their impact on mortality

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1688-1694

  Nguyen, Geoffrey C ^a,b,c   Steinhart, A Hillary ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Hospitalization volume; Inflammatory bowel disease; Mortality; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COLON SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREND STUDY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT CARE; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE;

EID: 59849110448     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: 15364844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ibd.20526     Document Type: Article

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