Are there commonalities among audit tools used to measure carotid endarterectomy outcomes in new south wales?

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 21-24

  Middleton, Sandy ^a   Ward, Jeanette ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL SYDNEY AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Audit, carotid endarterectomy, vascular surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SHUNTING; STROKE; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEW SOUTH WALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036170463     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-2197.2002.02292.x     Document Type: Article

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