Disparities in Outcomes following Admission for Cholangitis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  McNabb Baltar, Julia ^a   Trinh, Quoc Dien ^b,c   Barkun, Alan N ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; DISABILITY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC DRAINAGE; PROGNOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

AGED; CHOLANGITIS; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84875497464     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059487     Document Type: Article

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