Hospital teaching intensity, patient race, and surgical outcomes

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 113-120

  Silber, Jeffrey H ^a,b,d   Rosenbaum, Paul R ^b   Romano, Patrick S ^f   Rosen, Amy K ^g,h   Wang, Yanli ^a   Teng, Yun ^a   Halenar, Michael J ^c,e   Even Shoshan, Orit ^a,d   Volpp, Kevin G ^c,d,e  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b Department of Pediatrics and Anesthesiology ^*  (United States)

^c School of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Center for Health Quality Outcomes and Economic Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 61549142412     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2008.569     Document Type: Article

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