Is there a "July phenomenon" in pediatric neurosurgery at teaching hospitals?

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 105 PEDIATRICS, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2006, Pages 169-176

  Smith, Edward R ^b   Butler, William E ^b   Barker II, Fred G ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Craniotomy; Mortality rate; Pediatric neurosurgery; Shunt

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SHUNTING; STUDENT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TIME; UNITED STATES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; FACTUAL DATABASE; HYDROCEPHALUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOTOMY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750123856     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/ped.2006.105.3.169     Document Type: Article

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