Comparison of carotid endarterectomy at high- and low-volume hospitals

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 181, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 450-453

  Peck, Colleen ^a   Peck, James ^a   Peck, Andrew ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid endarterectomy; Hospital volume; Regionalization

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SMOKING; STROKE; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0034964658     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(01)00614-6     Document Type: Article

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