title: Esophagectomy volume threshold as a criterion for centers of excellence: causation or cause, strategy or strategem?
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA. ricet@ccf.org
authors.forename: Thomas W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Rice
authors.forename: Eugene H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Blackstone
mesh_terms: D016629:Esophagectomy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care