Variation in death rate after abdominal aortic aneurysmectomy in the United States: Impact of hospital volume, gender, and age

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 235, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 579-585

  Dimick, Justin B ^a,b   Stanley, James C ^a,b   Axelrod, David A ^a,b   Kazmers, Andris ^a,b   Henke, Peter K ^a,b   Jacobs, Lloyd A ^a,b   Wakefield, Thomas W ^a,b   Greenfield, Lazar J ^a,b   Upchurch Jr , Gilbert R ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036202372     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-200204000-00017     Document Type: Article

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