Do hospitalists affect clinical outcomes and efficiency for patients with acute upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage (UGIH)?

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 133-139

  Go, Jorge T ^a,b   Vaughan Sarrazin, Mary ^a,b   Auerbach, Andrew ^c   Schnipper, Jeffrey ^d   Wetterneck, Tosha B ^e   Gonzalez, David ^f   Meltzer, David ^g   Kaboli, Peter J ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs; Gastrointestinal hemorrhage; Hospitalists; Length of stay; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICAL STAFF; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TRANSFUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITALISTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT READMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950534724     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.612     Document Type: Article

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