Trends in Follow-Up of Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with Symptomatic Cholelithiasis.
Fewer than 25% of Medicare beneficiaries presenting with symptomatic cholelithiasis undergo elective cholecystectomy. To better understand underuse of cholecystectomy, we examined physician follow-up patterns after emergency department (ED) visits for symptomatic gallstones.
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ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
2016
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/621736 http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/621736 |