Inpatient burden of constipation in the United States: An analysis of national trends in the United States from 1997 to 2010

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 250-256

  Sethi, Saurabh ^a   Mikami, Sage ^a   Leclair, John ^a   Park, Richard ^a   Jones, Mike ^b   Wadhwa, Vaibhav ^a   Sethi, Nidhi ^a   Cheng, Vivian ^a   Friedlander, Elizabeth ^a   Bollom, Andrea ^a   Lembo, Anthony ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONSTIPATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893744195     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2013.423     Document Type: Article

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