The influence of resident involvement on surgical outcomes

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 212, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 889-898

  Raval, Mehul V ^a,b   Wang, Xue ^a   Cohen, Mark E ^a   Ingraham, Angela M ^a,d   Bentrem, David J ^b,c   Dimick, Justin B ^e   Flynn, Timothy ^f   Hall, Bruce L ^g,h,i   Ko, Clifford Y ^a,j  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^g WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COMA; COMORBIDITY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; GENERAL SURGERY; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS RESECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL RISK; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VASCULAR SURGERY;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MORBIDITY; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955591101     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2010.12.029     Document Type: Article

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