Hospital characteristics, clinical severity, and outcomes for surgical oncology patients

Surgery

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 602-609

  Friese, Christopher R ^a   Earle, Craig C ^b   Silber, Jeffrey H ^c,d   Aiken, Linda H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Cancer Center Ontario   (Canada)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL RECORD; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SURGICAL PATIENT;

AGED; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; COMORBIDITY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PENNSYLVANIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 77950790798     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2009.03.014     Document Type: Article

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