Frequency of surgical treatment and related hospital procedures in the UK: A national ecological study using hospital episode statistics

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 249-257

  Abbott, T E F ^a   Fowler, A J ^b   Dobbs, T D ^c   Harrison, E M ^d   Gillies, M A ^e   Pearse, R M ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERTAWE BRO MORGANNWG UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

epidemiology; healthcare costs; mortality; postoperative care methods; surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOSCOPY; ENGLAND; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINOR SURGERY; MORTALITY RATE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NORTHERN IRELAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOTLAND; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE COST; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY;

ECOSYSTEM; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85026648399     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aex137     Document Type: Article

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