Effect of cancer surgery complexity on short-term outcomes, risk predictions, and hospital comparisons

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 217, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 685-693

  Merkow, Ryan P ^a,b,c   Bentrem, David J ^b,d   Cohen, Mark E ^a   Paruch, Jennifer L ^a,c   Weber, Sharon M ^e   Ko, Clifford Y ^f,g   Bilimoria, Karl Y ^a,b  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COLON RESECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; LIVER RESECTION; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS RESECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM RESECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ACS; AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS; IDI; INTEGRATED DISCRIMINATION IMPROVEMENT; LENGTH OF STAY; LOS; NET RECLASSIFICATION INDEX; NRI; ODDS RATIO; ONCOLOGY NSQIP NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE CENTER CONSORTIUM; ONNCC; OR; RELATIVE VALUE UNIT; RVU; SSI; SURGICAL SITE INFECTION; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; VTE;

COLONIC NEOPLASMS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84884534797     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.05.015     Document Type: Article

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