Quality of rectal cancer surgery and its relationship to surgeon and hospital caseload: A population-based study

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Comber, H ^a   Sharp, L ^a   Timmons, A ^a   Keane, F B V ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER REGISTRY IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Clinical audit; Colorectal surgery; Quality of health care; Rectal neoplasms; Survival; Workload

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SURGEON;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; IRELAND; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; REGISTRIES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84866376554     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2012.03145.x     Document Type: Article

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