Hospital volume and operative mortality in the modern era

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 260, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 244-251

  Reames, Bradley N ^a   Ghaferi, Amir A ^a   Birkmeyer, John D ^a   Dimick, Justin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Gastrointestinal surgery; Health policy; Health services research; Hospital volume; Operative mortality; Quality improvement; Surgical outcomes; Vascular surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COLON RESECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HEART SURGERY; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LOW VOLUME HOSPITAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS RESECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VASCULAR SURGERY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; WORKLOAD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84905568688     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000375     Document Type: Article

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