Relation between hospital surgical volume and outcome for pancreatic resection for neoplasm in a publicly funded health care system

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 160, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 643-648

  Simunovic, Marko ^a,b   To, Teresa ^a,c,d   Theriault, Marc ^a   Langer, Bernard ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREAS TUMOR; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0033537659     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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