Provider volume and outcomes for oncological procedures

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 389-402

  Killeen, S D ^a   O'Sullivan, M J ^a   Coffey, J C ^a   Kirwan, W O ^a   Redmond, H P ^a  

^a University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMBASE; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MEDLINE; ONCOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PANCREAS RESECTION; PARAMETER; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM RESECTION; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOMACH CANCER; SURVIVAL RATE;

HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKLOAD;

EID: 17144370962     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.4954     Document Type: Review

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