Debate: Whether abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery should be centralized at higher-volume centers

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1208-1214

  Thompson, Matthew ^a   Holt, Peter ^a   Loftus, Ian ^a   Forbes, Thomas L ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; VASCULAR SURGERY; VOLUME OUTCOME RELATIONSHIP; WORKLOAD;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CENTRALIZED HOSPITAL SERVICES; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT PREFERENCE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TRANSPORTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 80053635085     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2011.07.064     Document Type: Article

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