Association between surgeon volume and hospitalisation costs for patients with oral cancer: A nationwide population base study in Taiwan

Clinical Otolaryngology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 46-52

  Lee, C C ^a,b,c   Ho, H C ^b,c   Jack, Lee C C ^d   Su, Y C ^b,c   Lee, M S ^b,c   Hung, S K ^b,c   Chou, P ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL HSIAO KANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; TAIWAN;

ADULT; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; TAIWAN; WORKLOAD;

EID: 77449108939     PISSN: 17494478     EISSN: 17494486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4486.2009.02071.x     Document Type: Article

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