What Constitutes a "High-Volume" Hospital for Pancreatic Resection?

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 206, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 622.e1-622.e9

  Meguid, Robert A ^a   Ahuja, Nita ^a   Chang, David C ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PANCREAS SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41149172219     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.11.011     Document Type: Article

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