Hospital volume and inpatient mortality after cancer-related gastrointestinal resections: The experience of an Asian country

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1182-1188

  Lin, Herng Ching ^a   Xirasagar, Sudha ^b   Lee, Hsin Chien ^c   Chai, Chiah Yang ^c  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Colectomy; Gastrointestinal oncology; Hospital volume; In hospital mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON RESECTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL VOLUME; HUMAN; LIVER LOBECTOMY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS RESECTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TAIWAN;

AGED; COLECTOMY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TAIWAN;

EID: 33748957521     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-006-9005-0     Document Type: Article

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