Effect of including cancer-specific variables on risk-adjusted hospital surgical quality comparisons

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1766-1773

  Merkow, Ryan P ^a,b,c   Bentrem, David J ^b   Winchester, David P ^a   Stewart, Andrew K ^a   Ko, Clifford Y ^a,d   Bilimoria, Karl Y ^a,b  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; COLON RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RECTUM RESECTION;

AGED; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM GRADING; NEOPLASM STAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK ADJUSTMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878231034     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-013-2867-z     Document Type: Article

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