Impact of gastroenterologist care on health outcomes of hospitalised ulcerative colitis patients

Gut

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1410-1416

  Murthy, Sanjay K ^a   Steinhart, A Hillary ^a,b   Tinmouth, Jill ^b,c,d   Austin, Peter C ^b,d   Nguyen, Geoffrey C ^a,b,d  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON RESECTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGIST; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGEON; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COLECTOMY; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ONTARIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866066529     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: 14683288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2011-301978     Document Type: Article

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