Operative intervention rates for acute diverticulitis: A multicentre state-wide study

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 734-738

  Hong, Michael K Y ^a,b   Tomlin, Andrew M ^a   Hayes, Ian P ^a,b   Skandarajah, Anita R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Administrative; Algorithm; Coding; Diverticulitis; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ALGORITHM; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CODING; COLOSTOMY; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALGORITHMS; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL CODING; COLOSTOMY; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 84942828775     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ans.13126     Document Type: Article

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