Estimating surgical volume. Outcome relationships applying survival models: Accounting for frailty and hospital fixed effects

Health Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 383-395

  Hamilton, Barton H ^a   Hamilton, Vivian H ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Frailty; Hospital fixed effects; Outcome relationships; Surgical volume; Survival models

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGERY; SURVIVAL;

AGED; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HIP FRACTURES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUEBEC; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030870596     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1050(199707)6:4<383::AID-HEC278>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Conference Paper

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