Hospital level under-utilization of minimally invasive surgery in the United States: Retrospective review

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 349, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Cooper, Michol A ^a   Hutfless, Susan ^b   Segev, Dorry L ^a   Ibrahim, Andrew ^a   Lyu, Heather ^a   Makary, Martin A ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; APPENDECTOMY; COLON RESECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL BUILDING; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; LUNG LOBECTOMY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

APPENDECTOMY; COLECTOMY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; PNEUMONECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904045335     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g4198     Document Type: Review

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