Inpatient burden of gastrointestinal stromal tumors in the United States

Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 335-341

  Datar, Manasi ^a   Khanna, Rahul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Charges; Gastrointestinal stromal tumors; Inpatient; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMANISTIC BURDEN; INCOME; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIETY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84995767819     PISSN: 20786891     EISSN: 2219679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2078-6891.2012.037     Document Type: Article

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