Can the decision to operate be judged retrospectively? A study of medical records

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 165, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 516-521

  Jeannot, Jean Gabriel ^a   Vader, John Paul ^a   Porchet, François ^b   Larequi Lauber, Tania ^a   Burnand, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Appropriateness of care; Audit; Intervertebral disk displacement surgery; Lumbar vertebrae surgery; Patient record; Process assessment (health care); Quality assurance (health care); Quality of health care; Switzerland; Utilization review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE SURGERY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 0032769297     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/110241599750006389     Document Type: Article

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