Smoking status and health care costs in the perioperative period: A population-based study

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 259-266

  Warner, David O ^a   Borah, Bijan J ^a   Moriarty, James ^a   Schroeder, Darrell R ^a   Shi, Yu ^a   Shah, Nilay D ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROPENSITY SCORE; SMOKING;

EID: 84897884186     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2013.5009     Document Type: Article

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