Nationwide trends of hospital admissions for acute cholecystitis in the United States

Gastroenterology Report

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 36-42

  Wadhwa, Vaibhav ^a   Jobanputra, Yash ^b   Garg, Sushil K ^c   Patwardhan, Soumil ^d   Mehta, Dhruv ^e   Sanaka, Madhusudhan R ^b  

^a FAIRVIEW HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^e WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

acute cholecystitis; epidemiology; inpatient admission rates; trends

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 85047573852     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20520034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gastro/gow015     Document Type: Article

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