Using volume criteria: Do California hospitals measure up?

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 96-101

  Liu, Jerome H ^a,b,c   Etzioni, David A ^a   O'Connell, Jessica B ^a,b   Maggard, Melinda A ^a   Ko, Clifford Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Leapfrog; Outcome; Procedural volume; Quality of care; Surgery; Volume

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DATA BASE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0042736091     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4804(03)00145-8     Document Type: Article

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