Systematic review of the impact of volume of oesophagectomy on patient outcome

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 317-323

  Lauder, Christopher I W ^a   Marlow, Nicholas E ^b   Maddern, Guy J ^a,b   Barraclough, Bruce ^c   Collier, Neil A ^d   Dickinson, Ian C ^e   Fawcett, Jonathon ^f   Graham, John C ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (Australia)

^c NSW Clinical Excellence Commission   (New Zealand)

^d ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e Wesley Medical Centre   (Australia)

^f PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g St Vincent's Medical Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Centralization; Hospital volume; Oesophagectomy; Surgical volume; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; REVIEW; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952154861     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2010.05276.x     Document Type: Review

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