Variation in esophagectomy outcomes in hospitals meeting leapfrog volume outcome standards

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1003-1010

  Varghese Jr , Thomas K ^a   Wood, Douglas E ^a   Farjah, Farhood ^b   Oelschlager, Brant K ^b   Symons, Rebecca G ^a,b   MacLeod, Kara E ^a,b   Flum, David R ^a,b   Pellegrini, Carlos A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79953109422     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.11.006     Document Type: Article

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