Open AccessStatewide Regionalization of Pancreaticoduodenectomy and its Effect on In-Hospital Mortality
Author(s) -
Toby A. Gordon,
Helen M. Bowman,
James M. Tielsch,
Eric B. Bass,
Gregg P. Burleyson,
John L. Cameron
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-199807000-00011
Subject(s) - medicine , pancreaticoduodenectomy , mortality rate , emergency medicine , ecological study , demography , surgery , environmental health , population , resection , sociology
This study examined a statewide trend in Maryland toward regionalization of pancreaticoduodenectomy over a 12-year period and its effect on statewide in-hospital mortality rates for this procedure.