The association of hospital volume with rectal cancer surgery outcomes

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 191-196

  Baek, Jeong Heum ^a,b   Alrubaie, Abdulhadi ^d,f   Guzman, Eduardo A ^a   Choi, Sun Keun ^a,c   Anderson, Casandra ^a   Mills, Steven ^d   Carmichael, Joseph ^d   Dagis, Andy ^a   Qian, Dajun ^a   Kim, Joseph ^a   Garcia Aguilar, Julio ^e   Stamos, Michael J ^d   Bening, Lisa ^a   Pigazzi, Alessio ^d  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Gachon University   (South Korea)

^c Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Mortality; OSHPD; Rectal cancer; Surgical outcomes; Volume

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL VOLUME; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; SURGICAL MORTALITY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CALIFORNIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HOSPITALS, LOW-VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879503052     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: 14321262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-012-1536-1     Document Type: Article

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