Temporal order and nonlinearity in the relationship between lung cancer resection volume and in-hospital mortality

Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-73

  Stukenborg, George J ^a   Wagner, Douglas P ^a   Harrell Jr , Frank E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cubic splines; Lung cancer; Multivariable analysis; Nonlinearity; Surgical volume

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LUNG CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 21344474608     PISSN: 13873741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10742-005-5564-y     Document Type: Article

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