The impact of surgeon specialization on patient mortality: Examination of a continuous herfindahl-hirschman index

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 249, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 708-716

  Hall, Bruce Lee ^a,b,c,d,f   Hsiao, Esther Y ^d   Majercik, Sarah ^e   Hirbe, Mitzi ^d   Hamilton, Barton H ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Campus Box 8109 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HERFINDAHL HIRSCHMAN INDEX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL;

EID: 67649528509     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181a335f8     Document Type: Article

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