Racial Disparities in Readmissions for Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) After Colorectal Surgery

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 985-993

  Gunnells, Drew J ^a   Morris, Melanie S ^a   DeRussy, Aerin ^a   Gullick, Allison A ^a   Malik, Talha A ^a   Cannon, Jamie A ^a   Hawn, Mary T ^b   Chu, Daniel I ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inflammatory bowel disease; Racial disparities; Readmission; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ANCESTRY GROUP; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84953408240     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-015-3068-9     Document Type: Article

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