Influence of provider volume on length of stay, operating room time, and discharge status for rotator cuff repair

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 407-413

  Jain, Nitin B ^a,c   Pietrobon, Ricardo ^a   Guller, Ulrich ^a,b   Ahluwalia, Ajit S ^a   Higgins, Laurence D ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c Programs in Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK;

ADULT; AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTATOR CUFF; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 22144440129     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2004.09.003     Document Type: Article

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