Hospital variation in surgical outcomes for gastric cancer: the impact of case-mix and treatment across a global cohort
Case-mix and treatment factors are not the primary drivers of variation in surgical outcomes following gastrectomy. Case-mix adjustment can improve the validity of global comparisons for 30-day mortality, but does not seem essential for comparing other investigated outcomes.
Authors
- Maria Bencivenga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1338-6160)
- Yutaka Sugita (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2840-1784)
- Souya Nunobe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3012-5632)
- Hester F. Lingsma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-9533)
- Peter Grimminger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1859-9213)
- Marcel André Schneider (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6723-8879)
- Felix Berlth
- B. Feike Kingma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7958-4584)
- Margrietha van der Linde (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6034-0064)
- Wietse J. Eshuis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0344-6695)
- B. P. L. Wijnhoven
- Gian Luca Baiocchi
- Christian A. Gutschow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6171-4427)
- Jeesun Kim
- Giovanni De Manzoni
- Han-Kwang Yang
Institutions
- University of Verona (IT)
- Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (DE)
- Dutch Cancer Society (NL)
- Erasmus MC (NL)
- Seoul National University Hospital (KR)
- University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (DE)
- University Hospital of Zurich (CH)
- University Children's Hospital Tübingen (DE)
- Amsterdam University Medical Centers (NL)
- Japanese Foundation For Cancer Research (JP)
- University of Brescia (IT)
- University of Amsterdam (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Gastric Cancer
- Published
- 2026-01-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10120-025-01696-6
- Primary Topic
- Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00