High Case Volumes and Surgical Fellowships Are Associated with Improved Outcomes for Bariatric Surgery Patients: A Justification of Current Credentialing Initiatives for Practice and Training

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 210, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 909-918

  Kohn, Geoffrey P ^a   Galanko, Joseph A ^a   Overby, D Wayne ^a   Farrell, Timothy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BARIATRIC SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; GASTRIC BANDING; GASTROPLASTY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK FACTOR; SPLENECTOMY; STOMACH BYPASS;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; CREDENTIALING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; OBESITY, MORBID; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 77952549391     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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