Relationship Between Provider Volume and Postoperative Complications for Bariatric Procedures in New York State

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 202, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 753-761

  Weller, Wendy E ^a   Hannan, Edward L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGEON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33646104654     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2006.02.002     Document Type: Article

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