Associations between hospital and surgeon procedure volumes and patient outcomes after ovarian cancer resection

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 163-171

  Schrag, Deborah ^a   Earle, Craig ^b   Xu, Feng ^a   Panageas, Katherine S ^a   Yabroff, K Robin ^d   Bristow, Robert E ^c   Trimble, Edward L ^d   Warren, J L Joan L ^d  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE MIX; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCOME; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY CANCER; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARIECTOMY; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 32144442165     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djj018     Document Type: Article

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