Hospital volume influences outcome in patients undergoing pancreatic resection for cancer

Western Journal of Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 294-300

  Glasgow, Robert E ^a   Mulvihill, Sean J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS RESECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PANCREATECTOMY; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030474998     PISSN: 00930415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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