Effect of surgeon and hospital characteristics on outcome after pyloromyotomy

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 140, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1191-1197

  Ly, Daphne P ^a   Liao, J G ^b   Burd, Randall S ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYLOROMYOTOMY; PYLORUS STENOSIS; SURGEON; UNITED STATES;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PYLORIC STENOSIS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 29144526083     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.140.12.1191     Document Type: Article

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