High-quality, low-cost gastrectomy care at high-volume hospitals: Results from a population-based study in South Korea

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 146, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 930-936

  Lee, Jung A ^a,b   Park, Jong Hyock ^d   Lee, Eun Jung ^a   Kim, So Young ^a   Kim, Yoon ^b   Lee, Sang Il ^c  

^a National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CHARLSON SCORE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SENESCENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH KOREA; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; STOMACH CANCER; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

EID: 80051732173     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2011.81     Document Type: Article

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