Trends in the use of feeding tubes in North Carolina Hospitals 1989 to 2000

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1034-1038

  Lewis, Carmen L ^a   Cox, Christopher E ^c   Garrett, Joanne M ^a   Hanson, Laura ^a   Holmes, George M ^d   Howard, Ann ^b   Carey, Timothy S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastrostomy; Trends; Tube feeding; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEEDING APPARATUS; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; TUBE FEEDING; UNITED STATES;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENTERAL NUTRITION; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NORTH CAROLINA;

EID: 7244228230     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2004.30071.x     Document Type: Article

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