Payer status and access to laparoscopic subtotal colectomy for ulcerative colitis

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1062-1067

  Greenstein, Alexander J ^a   Romanoff, Anya M ^a   Moskowitz, Alan J ^a   Sosunov, Eugene A ^a   Khaitov, Sergey ^a   Egorova, Natalia N ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Insurance disparity; Laparoscopy; Subtotal colectomy; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL APPROACH; TEACHING HOSPITAL; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COLECTOMY; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884480676     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0b013e31829b2d30     Document Type: Article

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