Emergency department revisits for patients with kidney stones in California

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 468-474

  Scales, Charles D ^a,b,c   Lin, Li ^a   Saigal, Christopher S ^c,f   Bennett, Carol J ^c,e   Ponce, Ninez A ^g   Mangione, Carol M ^c,d,g   Litwin, Mark S ^c,f,g  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Department of Dermatology   (United States)

^f RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS; UROLOGICAL CARE; UROLOGIST; ADOLESCENT; CALIFORNIA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; INCIDENCE; INSURANCE; KIDNEY CALCULI; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSURANCE COVERAGE; KIDNEY CALCULI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926680078     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12632     Document Type: Article

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