Hospital Teaching Status and Outcomes of Complex Surgical Procedures in the United States

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 137-141

  Dimick, Justin B ^a,b   Cowan Jr , John A ^a   Colletti, Lisa 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; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PANCREAS RESECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEPATECTOMY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATECTOMY; PROBABILITY; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK ADJUSTMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0842331407     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.139.2.137     Document Type: Article

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