Impact of hospital provider volume on outcome for radical urological cancer surgery in England

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-15

  Hanchanale, Vishwanath S ^a   Javlé, Pradip ^a  

^a LEIGHTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Radical cancer surgery; Urological cancers; Volume outcome relationship

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CYSTECTOMY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; URINARY TRACT CANCER;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CYSTECTOMY; DATABASES AS TOPIC; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSTATECTOMY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 77955711391     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000318631     Document Type: Article

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