National trends in laryngeal cancer surgery and the effect of surgeon and hospital volume on short-term outcomes and cost of care

Laryngoscope

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 88-94

  Gourin, Christine G ^a   Frick, Kevin D ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

laryngeal neoplasms; Nationwide Inpatient Sample; squamous cell cancer; surgery; Volume

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; HUMAN; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX CANCER; LENGTH OF STAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; TREND STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84355162080     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.22409     Document Type: Article

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