Effect of weekend hospital admission on gastrointestinal hemorrhage outcomes

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1658-1666

  Dorn, Spencer D ^a   Shah, Nilay D ^b   Berg, Bjorn P ^b   Naessens, James M ^b  

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

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Outcomes; Upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

ADULT; AFTER-HOURS CARE; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954424456     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-009-0914-1     Document Type: Article

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