title: Editorial: Operation rates, mortality statistics and the quality of life.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002170:Canada; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004739:England; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D005860:Germany, West; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009026:Mortality; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000401:mortality; D014481:United States; D014852:Wales