Distance bias and surgical outcomes

Medical Care

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 238-244

  Etzioni, David A ^a   Fowl, Richard J ^a   Wasif, Nabil ^a   Donohue, John H ^b   Cima, Robert R ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

public reporting; socioeconomics; surgical outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874111536     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318270bbfa     Document Type: Article

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