Emergency general surgery: Defining burden of disease in the State of Maryland

American Surgeon

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 829-834

  Bruns, Brandon R ^a   Tesoriero, Ronald ^a   Narayan, Mayur ^a   Klyushnenkova, Elena N ^b   Chen, Herbert ^b   Scalea, Thomas M ^a   Diaz, Jose J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY GENERAL SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; SURGICAL MORTALITY; UNITED STATES; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FACTUAL DATABASE; HOSPITAL COST; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84938768062     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: 15559823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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