Hospital volume, complications, and cost of cancer surgery in the elderly

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 107-114

  Nathan, Hari ^a   Atoria, Coral L ^a   Bach, Peter B ^a   Elkin, Elena B ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; COLON RESECTION; COMORBIDITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYSTECTOMY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME HEALTH AGENCY; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG LOBECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PANCREAS RESECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTATECTOMY; RECTUM RESECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; CANCER REGISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL COST; LUNG RESECTION; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RECTUM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COLECTOMY; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PANCREATECTOMY; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECTUM; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84920617143     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2014.57.7155     Document Type: Article

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