Temporal trends in liver transplant centre volume in the USA

HPB

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 414-421

  Tracy, Elizabeth T ^a   Bennett, Kyla M ^a   Aviki, Emeline M ^a   Pappas, Theodore N ^a   Collins, Bradley H ^a   Tuttle Newhall, Janet E ^a   Marroquin, Carlos E ^a   Kuo, Paul C ^a   Scarborough, John E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Health policy; Hospital volume; Liver transplantation; Out comes; Regionalization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; REGIONALIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349527873     PISSN: 1365182X     EISSN: 14772574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-2574.2009.00075.x     Document Type: Article

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