Characteristics of inpatient thyroid surgery at US academic and affiliated medical centers

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 210-219

  Stack, Brendan C ^a   Spencer, Horace J ^b   Lee, Christopher E ^c   Medvedev, Sofia ^d   Hohmann, Samuel F ^d   Bodenner, Donald L ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d University HealthSystem Consortium   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Costs; Inpatient; Length of stay; Thyroid surgery; UHC database

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BENIGN TUMOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NECK DISSECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; THYROID CANCER; THYROID SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; COST; ECONOMICS; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID DISEASES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID DISEASES; THYROIDECTOMY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863373833     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599811428030     Document Type: Article

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