Assessing the impact of total quality management and organizational culture on multiple outcomes of care for coronary artery bypass graft surgery patients

Medical Care

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 207-217

  Shortell, Stephen M ^a   Jones, Robert H ^b   Rademaker, Alfred W ^c   Gillies, Robin R ^a   Dranove, David S ^d   Hughes, Edward F X ^d   Budetti, Peter P ^c,e   Reynolds, Katherine S E ^e   Huang, Cheng Fang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass graft surgery patients; Functional health; Patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SELECTION BIAS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034131788     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200002000-00010     Document Type: Article

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