Objective. To determine if a hospital's experience in treating patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is associated with in-hospital mortality among patients with this condition. Methods. The California Hospital Discharge Database, which contains information on all discharges from acute-c
Association between physician volume and in-hospital mortality in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
β Scribed by Michael M. Ward
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 107 KB
- Volume
- 52
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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