Impact of hospital volume on operative mortality for major cancer surgery

JAMA

Volumn 280, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 1747-1751

  Begg, Colin B ^a,b   Cramer, Laura D ^a   Hoskins, William J ^a   Brennan, Murray F ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Box 44   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LIVER RESECTION; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PANCREAS RESECTION; PELVIS EXENTERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

EID: 0032567115     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.280.20.1747     Document Type: Article

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