Present-at-admission diagnoses improve mortality risk adjustment and allow more accurate assessment of the relationship between volume of lung cancer operations and mortality risk

Surgery

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 498-507

  Stukenborg, George J ^a   Kilbridge, Kerry L ^a   Wagner, Douglas P ^a   Harrell Jr , Frank E ^b   Oliver, M Norman ^a   Lyman, Jason A ^a   Einbinder, Jonathan S ^c   Connors Jr , Alfred F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 26244450129     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2005.04.004     Document Type: Article

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