Higher hospital volume and specialisation

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 340, Issue 7742, 2010, Pages 325-

  Lyman, Stephen ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; LETTER; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 76649109251     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c160     Document Type: Letter

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