Improving quality of health care for patients with cirrhosis

Gastroenterology

Volumn 147, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1204-1207

  Kanwal, Fasiha ^a   Volk, Michael ^b   Singal, Amit ^c   Angeli, Paolo ^d   Talwalkar, Jayant ^e  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; NOTE; PATIENT SAFETY; REIMBURSEMENT; UNITED STATES; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; TRENDS;

HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84913555188     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: 15280012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2014.10.029     Document Type: Editorial

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