Correlation between annual volume of cystectomy, professional staffing, and outcomes: A statewide, population-based study

Cancer

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 975-984

  Elting, Linda S ^a   Pettaway, Curtis ^a   Bekele, B Nebiyou ^a   Grossman, H Barton ^a   Cooksley, Catherine ^a   Avritscher, Elenir B C ^a   Saldin, Kamaldeen ^a   Dinney, Colin P N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer surgery; Nurse staffing; Outcomes; Volume outcome correlation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER MORTALITY; COMORBIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 23844524786     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.21273     Document Type: Article

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