Volume-Outcome Relation for Acute Appendicitis: Evidence from a Nationwide Population-Based Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Wei, Po Li ^a,b   Liu, Shih Ping ^c   Keller, Joseph J ^d   Lin, Herng Ching ^d  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; AGE; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VOLUME OUTCOME RELATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUPTURE; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84871591090     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052539     Document Type: Article

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