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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
28
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-9-30
pubmed:abstractText
Quality-improvement initiatives are being developed to decrease volume-based variability in surgical outcomes. Resources for national and hospital quality-improvement initiatives are limited. It is unclear whether quality initiatives in surgical oncology should focus on factors affecting perioperative mortality or long-term survival. Our objective was to determine whether differences in hospital surgical volume have a larger effect on perioperative mortality or long-term survival using two methods.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1527-7755
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4626-33
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Directing surgical quality improvement initiatives: comparison of perioperative mortality and long-term survival for cancer surgery.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, Division of General Internal Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, USA. k-bilimoria@northwestern.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't