An attempt to analyze the relation between hospital surgical volume and clinical outcome

General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 483-492

  Kazui, Teruhisa ^a   Osada, Hiroaki ^b   Fujita, Hiromasa ^c  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Clinical outcome; Esophageal cancer surgery; Hospital volume; Lung cancer surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISSECTION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG CANCER; LUNG SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SURGERY; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEART VALVES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PULMONARY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 36849045690     PISSN: 18636705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11748-007-0172-0     Document Type: Article

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