Volume-Outcome Associations after Major Hepatectomy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Nationwide Taiwan Study

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1138-1145

  Lu, Chih Cheng ^a   Chiu, Chong Chi ^a,b   Wang, Jhi Joung ^a   Chiu, Yu Hsien ^c   Shi, Hon Yi ^c  

^a CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b SOUTHERN TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Hospital cost; Length of stay; Survival; Volume

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER RESECTION; LOW VOLUME HOSPITAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPENSITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HOSPITALS, LOW-VOLUME; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPENSITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84901334122     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-014-2513-5     Document Type: Article

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