Measuring and Managing Quality of Surgery: Statistical vs Incidental Approaches

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 1992, Pages 733-738

  McGuire, Hunter H ^a   Horsley, J Shelton ^a   Salter, David R ^a   Sobel, Michael ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ERROR; HUMAN; MALPRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TRAINING;

HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 0026776583     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1992.01420060113017     Document Type: Article

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