The impact of hospital volume on the development of infectious complications after elective abdominal aortic surgery in the Medicare population

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 317-324

  Vogel, Todd R ^a   Dombrovskiy, Viktor Y ^a   Graham, Alan M ^a   Lowry, Stephen F ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic surgery; Complications; Cost; Infection

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DESCENDING AORTA SURGERY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HOSPITAL VOLUME; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; SEPSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COST SAVINGS; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 80052716719     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: 19389116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1538574411403167     Document Type: Article

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