Hospital costs and length of hospital stay for hepatectomy in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: Results of a prospective case series

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 58, Issue 112, 2011, Pages 2052-2057

  Zhu, Liang ^a   Li, Jun ^a   Dong, Xiaojian ^a   Liu, Xiaolei ^a   Bao, Zhen ^a   Feng, Junqiang ^b   Yu, Yingtao ^b   Zhang, Yongsheng ^b   Wang, Zhenghong ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hepatectomy; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Hospital costs; Length of hospital stay

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF HOSPITAL STAY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84863270572     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5754/hge10149     Document Type: Article

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