The combined effects of hospital and surgeon volume on short-term survival after hepatic resection in a population-based study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Chang, Chun Ming ^a,b   Yin, Wen Yao ^a,b   Wei, Chang Kao ^a,b   Lee, Cheng Hung ^a,b   Lee, Ching Chih ^a,b  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT STONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HIGH VOLUME SURGEON; HUMAN; INJURY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; LOW VOLUME HOSPITAL; LOW VOLUME SURGEON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PROGNOSIS; SHORT TERM SURVIVAL; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TAIWAN; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HOSPITALS, LOW-VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TAIWAN;

EID: 84899656437     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086444     Document Type: Article

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