Hospitalization for complications of cirrhosis: Does volume matter?

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 330-335

  Singla, Anand ^a   Hart, James L ^a   Li, You Fu ^a   Tseng, Jennifer F ^a   Shah, Shimul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Hospitalizations; Length of stay; NIS; Volume

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BLEEDING; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATORENAL SYNDROME; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ASCITES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEMORRHAGE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATORENAL SYNDROME; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79751529524     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-010-1398-1     Document Type: Article

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