Is it time to centralize high-risk cancer care in the United States? comparison of outcomes of esophagectomy between England and the United States

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 262, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 79-85

  Munasinghe, Aruna ^a   Markar, Sheraz R ^a,b   Mamidanna, Ravikrishna ^a   Darzi, Ara W ^a   Faiz, Omar D ^c   Hanna, George B ^a   Low, Donald E ^b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Centralization; Esophageal cancer; Esophagectomy; Procedural volume; Surgical mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CENTRALIZATION; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; AGED; ENGLAND; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; COMORBIDITY; ENGLAND; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84942551590     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000805     Document Type: Article

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