To what extent should quality of care decisions be based on health outcomes data? Application to carotid endarterectomy

Stroke

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2944-2949

  Samsa, Gregory ^a,e   Oddone, Eugene Z ^a,b   Homer, Ronnie ^a,b   Daley, Jennifer ^c   Henderson, William ^d   Matchar, David B ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid endarterectomy; Complications; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036905214     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000038095.20079.F6     Document Type: Article

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