Association Between Travel Distance, Hospital Volume, and Outcomes Following Resection of Cholangiocarcinoma.

Eliza W BealRittal MehtaJ Madison HyerAnghela ParedesKatiuscha MerathMary E DillhoffJordan CloydAslam EjazTimothy M Pawlik

Published in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2019)

Travel distance and hospital volume were associated with certain quality-of-care metrics among patients with cholangiocarcinoma. After controlling for hospital volume and travel distance simultaneously, only travel distance was associated with decreased risk of mortality.

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