Lung resection outcomes and costs in Washington state: A case for regional quality improvement

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 175-182

  Farjah, Farhood ^a   Varghese, Thomas K ^b   Costas, Kimberley ^b   Krishnadasan, Bahirathan ^b   Farivar, Alexander S ^b   Hubka, Michal ^b   Louie, Brian E ^b   Backhus, Leah M ^b   Chong, Nyen ^b   Gorden, Jed ^b   Cheng, Aaron M ^b   He, Hao ^b   Flum, David R ^b   Low, Donald ^b   Aye, Ralph ^b   Vallières, Eric ^b   Mulligan, Michael S ^b   Wood, Douglas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW VOLUME HOSPITAL; LUNG CANCER; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG SEGMENTECTOMY; LUNG WEDGE RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIUM VOLUME HOSPITAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; WEDGE RESECTION;

COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PNEUMONECTOMY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84903894912     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.03.014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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