Lothian Surgical Audit: A 15-year experience of improvement in surgical practice through regional computerised audit

Lancet

Volumn 350, Issue 9080, 1997, Pages 800-804

  Aitken, R J ^a,b   Nixon, S J ^a   Ruckley, C V ^a  

^a NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

^b Eastern General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST SURGERY; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COMPUTER NETWORK; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LARGE INTESTINE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 0030923531     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)01021-0     Document Type: Review

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