Surgeon Volume Versus Morbidity and Cost in Patients Undergoing Pancreaticoduodenectomy in an Academic Community Medical Center

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1990-1996

  Kennedy, Timothy J ^a   Cassera, Maria A ^a,b   Wolf, Ronald ^a,b   Swanstrom, Lee L ^b   Hansen, Paul D ^a,b  

^a PROVIDENCE PORTLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Oregon Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Pancreaticoduodenectomy; Surgeon volume; Surgical morbidity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST; DUODENUM; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS RESECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

AGED; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DUODENUM; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78649699257     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-010-1280-1     Document Type: Article

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