Emergency department visits in the United States for upper urinary tract stones: Trends in hospitalization and charges

Journal of Urology

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 90-96

  Ghani, Khurshid R ^a   Roghmann, Florian ^c,d   Sammon, Jesse D ^a   Trudeau, Vincent ^c   Sukumar, Shyam ^a   Rahbar, Haider ^a   Kumar, Ramesh ^a   Karakiewicz, Pierre I ^c   Peabody, James O ^a   Menon, Mani ^a   Sun, Maxine ^c   Trinh, Quoc Dien ^a,b  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

emergencies; fees and charges; hospitalization; urinary tract; urolithiasis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LOW VOLUME HOSPITAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS; UNITED STATES; URETER STONE; UROLITHIASIS; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

CCI; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CT; EAPC; ED; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT; ESTIMATED ANNUAL PERCENT CHANGE; FEES AND CHARGES; HOSPITALIZATION; MEDICAL EXPULSIVE THERAPY; MET; URINARY TRACT; UROLITHIASIS;

ADULT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEES AND CHARGES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; URETEROLITHIASIS; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 84890117737     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2013.07.098     Document Type: Article

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