Varied definitions of hospital volume did not alter the conclusions of volume-outcome analyses

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 400-407

  Kulkarni, Girish S ^a,b,c   Laupacis, Andreas ^a,d   Urbach, David R ^a,b,c   Fleshner, Neil E ^b   Austin, Peter C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health care assessment; Health policy; Hospital mergers; Outcomes research; Research methodology; Volume

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; ONTARIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS;

EID: 60549107480     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2008.07.008     Document Type: Article

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