The public health burden of emergency general surgery in the United States: A 10-year analysis of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample - 2001 to 2010

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 202-208

  Gale, Stephen C ^a,b   Shafi, Shahid ^c   Dombrovskiy, Viktor Y ^b   Arumugam, Dena ^b   Crystal, Jessica S ^b  

^a EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BAYLOR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute care surgery; Emergency general surgery; Epidemiology; Public health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST OF ILLNESS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904979338     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000362     Document Type: Conference Paper

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