Practice patterns in the emergency care of kidney stone patients: An analysis of the national hospital ambulatory medical care survey (NHAMCS)

Canadian Journal of Urology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 6351-6359

  Hyams, Elias S ^a   Matlaga, Brian R ^a   Korley, Frederick K ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency care; Kidney stones; Medical expulsive therapy; Nephrolithiasis; Practice patterns

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NON PROFIT HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCES; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EPISODE OF CARE; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALS, PROPRIETARY; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HOSPITALS, VOLUNTARY; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874401346     PISSN: 11959479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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