Who receives their complex cancer surgery at low-volume hospitals?

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-87

  Al Refaie, Waddah B ^a   Muluneh, Binyam ^b   Zhong, Wei ^a   Parsons, Helen M ^a   Tuttle, Todd M ^a   Vickers, Selwyn M ^a   Habermann, Elizabeth B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LOW VOLUME HOSPITAL; LUNG CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS RESECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; URBAN AREA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PANCREATECTOMY; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PNEUMONECTOMY;

EID: 84355161506     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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