Getting Under the Hood of the Volume-Outcome Relationship for Radical Cystectomy

Journal of Urology

Volumn 177, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2095-2099

  Hollenbeck, Brent K ^a   Daignault, Stephanie ^a   Dunn, Rodney L ^a   Gilbert, Scott ^a   Weizer, Alon Z ^a   Miller, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

bladder; bladder neoplasms; cystectomy; hospitals; mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPEN HEART SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CYSTECTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; UNITED STATES; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 34248189641     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.01.153     Document Type: Article

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