Use of medical consultants for hospitalized surgical patients: An observational cohort study

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1470-1477

  Chen, Lena M ^a,b   Wilk, Adam S ^c,d   Thumma, Jyothi R ^a   Birkmeyer, John D ^a,e   Banerjee, Mousumi ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d VA CENTER FOR CLINICAL MANAGEMENT RESEARCH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CARDIOLOGIST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON RESECTION; CONSULTATION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGIST; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; NEPHROLOGIST; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ONCOLOGIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PULMONOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; ECONOMICS; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HOSPITALIZATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; COLECTOMY; EPISODE OF CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907014174     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: 21686114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.3376     Document Type: Article

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