Hospital surgical volume and cost of inpatient surgery in the elderly

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 215, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 758-765

  Regenbogen, Scott E ^a,b   Gust, Cathryn ^a   Birkmeyer, John D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; COLON RESECTION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, LOW-VOLUME; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MEDICARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869488888     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2012.07.011     Document Type: Article

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