Patient selection and the volume effect in pancreatic surgery: Unequal benefits?

HPB

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 899-906

  Bliss, Lindsay A ^a,c   Yang, Catherine J ^a   Chau, Zeling ^b   Ng, Sing Chau ^a   McFadden, David W ^c   Kent, Tara S ^a   Moser, A James ^a   Callery, Mark P ^a   Tseng, Jennifer F ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; LOW VOLUME HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; COMORBIDITY; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HOSPITALS, LOW-VOLUME; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PANCREATECTOMY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84927787170     PISSN: 1365182X     EISSN: 14772574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hpb.12283     Document Type: Article

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