Relationship Between Hospital Volume, System Clinical Resources, and Mortality in Pancreatic Resection

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 208, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 520-527

  Joseph, Bellal ^a   Morton, John M ^b   Hernandez Boussard, Tina ^b   Rubinfeld, Ilan ^a   Faraj, Chadi ^a   Velanovich, Vic ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PLANNING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LOGISTIC MODELS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 62349084229     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2009.01.019     Document Type: Article

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