Surgical safety and hospital volume across a wide range of interventions

Medical Care

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 962-971

  Eggli, Yves ^a   Halfon, Patricia ^b   Meylan, Danielle ^a   Taffé, Patrick ^b  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

safety; surgical complications; surgical volume

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL VOLUME; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION SIZE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SHOCK; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL WARD; SURGICAL WOUND; UNITED STATES; WOUND INFECTION;

CAUSE OF DEATH; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; OPERATING ROOMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGISTRIES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 78049352572     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181eaf9f6     Document Type: Article

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