Differences in reported esophageal cancer resection outcomes between national clinical and administrative databases

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1152-1159

  LaPar, Damien J ^a   Stukenborg, George J ^a   Lau, Christine L ^a   Jones, David R ^a   Kozower, Benjamin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURGERY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DATA BASE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA MINING; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TIME; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DATA MINING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85027919838     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.08.010     Document Type: Article

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