Open AccessEffect of Hospital Volume and Experience on In-Hospital Mortality for Pancreaticoduodenectomy
Author(s) -
Vivian Ho,
Martin J. Heslin
Publication year - 2003
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 - 10.1097/01.sla.0000059981.13160.97
Subject(s) - medicine , pancreaticoduodenectomy , quartile , logistic regression , emergency medicine , mortality rate , odds ratio , odds , volume (thermodynamics) , surgery , confidence interval , resection , quantum mechanics , physics
To examine the relative impact of procedure volume versus years of hospital experience on inpatient death rates after pancreaticoduodenectomy.