Effect of socioeconomic position on patient outcome after hysterectomy

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 926-934

  Daugbjerg, Signe B ^a,b   Cesaroni, Giulia ^c   Ottesen, Bent ^b   Diderichsen, Finn ^d   Osler, Merete ^a  

^a Research Center for Prevention Health Capital Region of Denmark Glostrup University Hospital   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

epidemiology; Hysterectomy; registry study; socioeconomic position; surgical complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INCOME; LIFESTYLE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HYSTERECTOMY; REGISTRY STUDY; SOCIOECONOMIC POSITION; SURGICAL COMPLICATIONS;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; DENMARK; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; INCOME; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84905985941     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aogs.12444     Document Type: Article

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