The case for clinical audit of emergency readmissions after appendicectomy

Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 257-261

  Bisset, A F ^a  

^a NHS GRAMPIAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appendicectomy; Audit outcomes; Readmissions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0031688969     PISSN: 00358835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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