Pretreatment malnutrition and quality of life - association with prolonged length of hospital stay among patients with gynecological cancer: a cohort study
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Length of hospital stay (LOS) is a surrogate marker for patients' well-being during hospital treatment and is associated with health care costs. Identifying pretreatment factors associated with LOS in surgical patients may enabl...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2010-05-01
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| Series: | BMC Cancer |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/10/232 |