Do cancer centers designated by the National Cancer Institute have better surgical outcomes?

Cancer

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 435-441

  Birkmeyer, Nancy J O ^a,e   Goodney, Philip P ^b   Stukel, Therese A ^c   Hillner, Bruce E ^d   Birkmeyer, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Mortality rates; National Cancer Institute; Patient care; Survival rates

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SURGERY; COLON CANCER; COLON RESECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTECTOMY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS RESECTION; PATIENT CARE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH CANCER; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; COLECTOMY; COMORBIDITY; CYSTECTOMY; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); ODDS RATIO; PANCREATECTOMY; PNEUMONECTOMY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 12744253449     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.20785     Document Type: Article

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