The association of unfavorable outcomes with the intensity of neurosurgical care in the United States.

There is wide regional variability in the volume of procedures performed for similar surgical patients throughout the United States. We investigated the association of the intensity of neurosurgical care (defined as the average annual number of neurosurgical procedures per capita) with mortality, le...

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Main Authors: Symeon Missios, Kimon Bekelis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3960180?pdf=render