Patterns of service utilisation within Australian hepatology clinics: High prevalence of advanced liver disease

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 420-426

  El Atem, N A ^a,b   Wojcik, K ^c   Horsfall, L ^c,d   Irvine, K M ^c   Johnson, T ^e   Mcphail, S M ^a,b   Powell, E E ^c,d  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Centre for Functioning and Health Research   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e Inala Primary Care   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care; Health resources; Liver; Tertiary healthcare

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED LIVER DISEASE; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECOMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELASTOGRAPH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; AGED; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84962809902     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imj.13008     Document Type: Article

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