Impact of specialist consultations on inpatient admissions for dermatology-specific and related DRGs

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1477-1482

  Hu, Lissy ^a   Haynes, Harley ^a   Ferrazza, Dawn ^a   Kupper, Thomas ^a   Qureshi, Abrar ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

dermatology admissions; dermatology consults; dermatology diagnosis related groups; hospital dermatology; inpatient dermatology

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CARDIOLOGY; CELLULITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DERMATITIS; DERMATOLOGICAL PROCEDURE; DERMATOLOGIST; DERMATOLOGY SPECIFIC AND DERMATOLOGY RELATED DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; DRUG ERUPTION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HIDRADENITIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY GRAFT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEUROLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; NURSING EDUCATION; ONCOLOGY; PSORIASIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CARE; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN ULCER; STEROID THERAPY; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DERMATOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN DISEASES; SPECIALIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885958655     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-013-2440-2     Document Type: Article

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