Healthcare resource implications of hypoglycemia-related hospital admissions and inpatient hypoglycemia: Retrospective record-linked cohort studies in England

BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  McEwan, Philip ^a   Larsen Thorsted, Brian ^b   Wolden, Michael ^b   Jacobsen, Judith ^c   Evans, Marc ^d  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

^c Statcon ApS   (Denmark)

^d LLANDOUGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84943196363     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20524897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2014-000057     Document Type: Article

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