Outcomes from 3144 adrenalectomies in the United States: Which matters more, surgeon volume or specialty?

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1060-1067

  Park, Henry S ^a   Roman, Sanziana A ^a   Sosa, Julie Ann ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UROLOGY;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROBABILITY; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPECIALIZATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 72749114280     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2009.191     Document Type: Article

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