Utilization and outcomes of inpatient surgical care at critical access hospitals in the United States

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 148, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 589-596

  Gadzinski, Adam J ^a   Dimick, Justin B ^a   Ye, Zaojun ^a   Miller, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CESAREAN SECTION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY CARE; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OPERATING ROOM; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PELVIS EXENTERATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; SURGERY; SURGICAL PATIENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST SAVINGS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880576228     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2013.1224     Document Type: Article

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