Effects of surgeon and hospital volume on 5-year survival rates following oral cancer resections: The experience of an Asian country

Surgery

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 343-351

  Lin, Chia Cheng ^a,b   Lin, Herng Ching ^b  

^a SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; SURVIVAL RATE; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURGERY; SURVIVAL RATE; TAIWAN;

EID: 39149107777     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2007.09.033     Document Type: Article

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