Birkmeyer et al
1
used data from Medicare claims files to demonstrate a 4-fold difference in the in-hospital
mortality rate for major pancreatic surgery between centers with a high volume (4.1%)
and a very low volume (16.1%) of these procedures. They also demonstrated evidence
of a trend for decreased in-hospital mortality with higher surgical volumes by using
the Mantel extension test.To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
Purchase one-time access:
Academic & Personal: 24 hour online accessCorporate R&D Professionals: 24 hour online accessOne-time access price info
- For academic or personal research use, select 'Academic and Personal'
- For corporate R&D use, select 'Corporate R&D Professionals'
Subscribe:
Subscribe to SurgeryAlready a print subscriber? Claim online access
Already an online subscriber? Sign in
Register: Create an account
Institutional Access: Sign in to ScienceDirect
References
- Effect of hospital volume on in-hospital mortality with pancreaticoduodenectomy.Surgery. 1999; 125: 250-256
- Effect of nondifferential misclassification on estimates of odds ratios with multiple levels of exposure.Am J Epidemiol. 1992; 136: 356-362
- Does nondifferential misclassification of exposure always bias a true effect toward the null value?.Am J Epidemiol. 1990; 132: 746-748
Article info
Identification
Copyright
© 2000 Mosby, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
