Do older patients utilize excess health care resources after liver transplantation?

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 477-481

  Shankar, Neil ^a   Albasheer, Mamoun ^a   Marotta, Paul ^a   Wall, William ^a   McAlister, Vivian ^a   Chandok, Natasha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health services for the aged; Liver transplantation; Resource utilization

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; COLD ISCHEMIA; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELDERLY CARE; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; REOPERATION;

EID: 80052762420     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31515-7     Document Type: Article

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