Craniotomy for meningioma in the United States between 1988 and 2000: Decreasing rate of mortality and the effect of provider caseload

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 977-986

  Curry, William T ^b   McDermott, Michael W ^b   Carter, Bob S ^b   Barker II, Fred G ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Centralization; Death; Meningioma; Volume outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRALIZATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STATISTICS; SURGEON; UNITED STATES; FACTUAL DATABASE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CENTRALIZED HOSPITAL SERVICES; COHORT STUDIES; CRANIOTOMY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 23144460647     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2005.102.6.0977     Document Type: Article

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