Patient safety in office-based surgery facilities: I. Procedures in the office-based surgery setting

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1337-1342

  Iverson, Ronald E ^a   Apfelbaum, Jeffery L ^a   Bruner, Jack G ^a   Cunningham, Bruce L ^a   D'Amico, Richard A ^a   Joas, Thomas ^a   Lewis Jr , Victor L ^a   Lynch, Dennis J ^a   McDevitt, Noel B ^a   McGuire, Michael F ^a   Peters, Calvin R ^a   Singer, Robert ^a   Twersky, Rebecca S ^a   Yates, James A ^a  

^a Plastic Surgery Center   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; STANDARD; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0036784501     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-200210000-00023     Document Type: Review

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