Effect of hospital volume on quality of care and outcome after rectal cancer surgery

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 101, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1475-1482

  Leonard, D ^a   Penninckx, F ^c   Kartheuser, A ^a   Laenen, A ^d   Van Eycken, E ^b  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b Belgian Cancer Registry   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d KU LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; BELGIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOW VOLUME HOSPITAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME TO TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; BELGIUM; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HOSPITALS, LOW-VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

EID: 84907938907     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.9624     Document Type: Article

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