Hospital volume and failure to rescue with high-risk surgery

Medical Care

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1076-1081

  Ghaferi, Amir A ^a   Birkmeyer, John D ^a   Dimick, Justin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

hospital quality; patient safety; surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PANCREAS RESECTION; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL RISK;

AGED; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81355127385     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3182329b97     Document Type: Article

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