Multivariate analyses to assess the effects of surgeon and hospital volume on cancer survival rates: A nationwide population-based study in Taiwan

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Chang, Chun Ming ^a,b   Huang, Kuang Yung ^a,b   Hsu, Ta Wen ^a,b   Su, Yu Chieh ^a,b   Yang, Wei Zhen ^a   Chen, Ting Chang ^a   Chou, Pesus ^c   Lee, Ching Chih ^a,b  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE MIX; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSTATE CANCER; SURGEON; SURVIVAL RATE; TAIWAN;

AGED; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HOSPITALS, LOW-VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURVIVAL RATE; TAIWAN;

EID: 84864020151     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040590     Document Type: Article

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