Hospital-acquired anemia: Prevalence, outcomes, and healthcare implications

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 506-512

  Koch, Colleen G ^a   Li, Liang ^a   Sun, Zhiyuan ^a   Hixson, Eric D ^a   Tang, Anne ^a   Phillips, Shannon C ^a   Blackstone, Eugene H ^a   Henderson, J Michael ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED ANEMIA; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84883657623     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2061     Document Type: Article

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