Profiling hospital performance of laparoscopic cholecystectomy based on the administrative data of four teaching hospitals in Japan

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 429-435

  Hirose, Masahiro ^a   Imanaka, Yuichi ^a   Ishizaki, Tatsuro ^a   Sekimoto, Miho ^a   Harada, Yoshiaki ^a   Kuwabara, Kazuaki ^a   Hayashida, Kenshi ^a   Oh, Eun Hwan ^a   Evans, S Edward ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STANDARDIZATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; STANDARD;

AGED; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; JAPAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 23444443675     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-004-7535-9     Document Type: Article

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