Hospital case volume is associated with mortality in patients hospitalized with subarachnoid hemorrhage

Neurosurgery

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 500-508

  Prabhakaran, Shyam ^a   Fonarow, Gregg C ^b   Smith, Eric E ^c   Liang, Li ^d   Xian, Ying ^e   Neely, Megan ^a   Peterson, Eric D ^b   Schwamm, Lee H ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Comprehensive stroke centers; Quality of care; Referral bias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HOME; HOSPITAL CASE VOLUME; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; REGISTRIES; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 84926077763     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: 15244040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000000475     Document Type: Article

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