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- Title
The impact of July hospital admission on outcome after surgery for spinal metastases at academic medical centers in the United States, 2005 to 2008.
- Authors
Dasenbrock, Hormuzdiyar H; Clarke, Michelle J; Thompson, Richard E; Gokaslan, Ziya L; Bydon, Ali
- Abstract
Despite widespread belief that patients admitted to teaching hospitals in July-the beginning of the academic year-have inferior outcomes, there has been little evidence to support the existence of the July phenomenon. Moreover, the impact of July admission on the outcomes after surgery for spinal metastases has not been investigated.
- Publication
Cancer, 2012, Vol 118, Issue 5, p1429
- ISSN
1097-0142
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1002/cncr.26347