Recent trends in clinical outcomes and resource utilization for pulmonary embolism in the United States: Findings from the nationwide inpatient sample

Chest

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 983-990

  Park, Brian ^a   Messina, Louis ^a   Dargon, Phong ^a   Wei, Huang ^a   Ciocca, Rocco ^b   Anderson, Frederick A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; COST OF ILLNESS; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350103855     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.08-2258     Document Type: Article

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