Measuring for improvement: From Toyota to thoracic surgery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 353-358

  Levett, James M ^a,b   Carey, Raymond G ^a  

^a ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Physicians' Clinic of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY CARE UNIT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORAX SURGERY;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DATA COLLECTION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032729512     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00547-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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