Impact of hospital volume of thoracoscopic lobectomy on primary lung cancer outcomes

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 372-379

  Park, Henry S ^a   Detterbeck, Frank C ^a   Boffa, Daniel J ^a   Kim, Anthony W ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL OPERATIVE VOLUME; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG LOBECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

AGED; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84862908404     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.06.054     Document Type: Article

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