Inpatient burden of childhood functional GI disorders in the USA: An analysis of national trends in the USA from 1997 to 2009

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 684-692

  Park, R ^a   Mikami, S ^a   Leclair, J ^a   Bollom, A ^a   Lembo, C ^a   Sethi, S ^a   Lembo, A ^a   Jones, M ^b   Cheng, V ^a   Friedlander, E ^a   Nurko, S ^c  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Associated costs; Constipation; Dyspepsia; Epidemiology; Fecal incontinence; Functional GI disorders; Inpatient admission rates; Length of stay; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL MIGRAINE; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CONSTIPATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DYSPEPSIA; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ECONOMICS; FECAL INCONTINENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSTIPATION; DYSPEPSIA; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928174487     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nmo.12542     Document Type: Article

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