Relationship Between Surgeon and Hospital Volume and Readmission after Bariatric Operation

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 204, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 383-391

  Weller, Wendy E ^a   Rosati, Carl ^b   Hannan, Edward L ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITAL VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33847196808     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2006.12.031     Document Type: Article

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