National Variation in Operative Mortality Rates for Esophageal Resection and the Need for Quality Improvement

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 138, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1305-1309

  Dimick, Justin B ^a,b   Cowan Jr , John A ^a   Ailawadi, Gorav ^a   Wainess, Reid M ^a   Upchurch Jr , Gilbert R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE MIX; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; ROC CURVE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0345060522     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.138.12.1305     Document Type: Article

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