Vascular surgery by numbers

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 653-654

  Earnshaw, Jonothan J ^a   Hamilton, George ^b  

^a GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; CANCER SURGERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CENTRALIZATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; EDITORIAL; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; POLITICS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; VASCULAR SURGERY;

GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 35348819484     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588407X209338     Document Type: Editorial

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