Volume-based referral for cancer surgery: Informing the debate

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 91-96

  Hollenbeck, Brent K ^a   Dunn, Rodney L ^a   Miller, David C ^a   Daignault, Stephanie ^a   Taub, David A ^a   Wei, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTECTOMY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER RESECTION; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS RESECTION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; UNITED STATES; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; REGISTER; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGISTRIES; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248152225     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2006.07.2454     Document Type: Article

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