The influence of complications on the costs of complex cancer surgery

Cancer

Volumn 120, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1035-1041

  Short, Marah N ^a   Aloia, Thomas A ^b   Ho, Vivian ^a,c  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; complication; cost analysis; patient safety; quality indicators; surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; COLON RESECTION; DECUBITUS; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; LACERATION; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG RESECTION; MEDICARE; PANCREAS RESECTION; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; RECTUM RESECTION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

CANCER; COMPLICATION; COST ANALYSIS; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY INDICATORS; SURGERY;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84899457039     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.28527     Document Type: Article

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