Factors influencing the volume-outcome relationship in gastrectomies: A population-based study

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1846-1852

  Smith, David L ^a   Elting, Linda S ^b   Learn, Peter A ^a   Raut, Chandrajit P ^c   Mansfield, Paul F ^b  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastrectomies; Nursing staffing; Population based; Volume outcome

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURGERY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING STAFF; POPULATION RESEARCH; STATISTICAL MODEL; STOMACH CANCER; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROENTEROSTOMY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; NURSES; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SPLENECTOMY; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TEXAS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249894447     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-007-9381-0     Document Type: Article

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