Cost-Effectiveness in Hepatic Lobectomy: the Effect of Case Volume on Mortality, Readmission, and Cost of Care

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 253-261

  Sutton, Jeffrey M ^a   Hoehn, Richard S ^a   Ertel, Audrey E ^a   Wilson, Gregory C ^a   Hanseman, Dennis J ^a   Wima, Koffi ^a   Sussman, Jeffrey J ^a   Ahmad, Syed A ^a   Shah, Shimul A ^a   Abbott, Daniel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Hepatectomy; Liver surgery; Resource utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASES; LIVER RESECTION; LOW VOLUME HOSPITAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HOSPITALS, LOW-VOLUME; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT READMISSION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84955732957     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-015-2964-3     Document Type: Article

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