Cost of specific emergency general surgery diseases and factors associated with high-cost patients

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 265-271

  Ogola, Gerald O ^a   Shafi, Shahid ^a  

^a SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

costs; Emergency general surgery; variations and predictors

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTITIS; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL INTESTINE CANCER; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84957440633     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000911     Document Type: Article

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