Regionalization of Hepatic Resections Is Associated with Increasing Disparities among Some Patient Populations in Use of High-Volume Providers

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 207, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 831-838

  Scarborough, John E ^a   Pietrobon, Ricardo ^a   Clary, Bryan M ^a   Marroquin, Carlos E ^a   Bennett, Kyla M ^a   Kuo, Paul C ^a   Pappas, Theodore N ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE DATABASE; REGIONALIZATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HEPATECTOMY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55949107580     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2008.07.011     Document Type: Article

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