Inflammatory bowel disease patients who leave hospital against medical advice: Predictors and temporal trends

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 845-851

  Kaplan, Gilaad G ^a,b,c,d   Panaccione, Reno ^a,b   Hubbard, James N ^a,b   Nguyen, Geoffrey C ^c   Shaheen, Abdel Aziz M ^b   Ma, Christopher ^a,b   Devlin, Shane M ^a,b   Leung, Yvette ^a,b   Myers, Robert P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d Teaching Research and Wellness Center   (Canada)

Author keywords

Against medical advice; Crohn's disease; Inflammatory bowel disease; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CROHN DISEASE; ENTERITIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SELF DISCHARGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CROHN DISEASE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649341069     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: 15364844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ibd.20835     Document Type: Article

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