Hospital volume is not a predictor of outcomes after gastrectomy for neoplasm

American Surgeon

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 932-936

  Reavis, Kevin M ^a   Hinojosa, Marcelo W ^a   Smith, Brian R ^a   Wooldridge, James B ^a   Krishnan, Sindhu ^a   Nguyen, Ninh T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; STOMACH BYPASS; STOMACH CANCER;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70450227633     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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