Is There a Relationship between Physician and Facility Volumes of Ambulatory Procedures and Patient Outcomes?

Journal of Ambulatory Care Management

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 354-369

  Chukmaitov, Askar S ^a   Menachemi, Nir ^b   Brown, Steven L ^a   Saunders, Charles ^a   Tang, Anqi ^a   Brooks, Robert ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Outpatient procedures; Patient outcomes; Volume

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COLONOSCOPY; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 56149110321     PISSN: 01489917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.JAC.0000336554.46837.a4     Document Type: Article

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