Quality, advocacy, healthcare policy, and the surgeon

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 641-649

  Khuri, Shukri F ^a  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPETENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

FORECASTING; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036713694     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)03795-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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