Opening of ambulatory surgery centers and procedure use in elderly patients: Data from Florida

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 187-193

  Hollingsworth, John M ^a   Krein, Sarah L ^a,b   Ye, Zaojun ^a   Kim, Hyungjin Myra ^a   Hollenbeck, Brent K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; BREAST SURGERY; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICENTERS;

EID: 79951935334     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2010.335     Document Type: Article

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