Complications and costs after high-risk surgery: Where should we focus quality improvement initiatives?

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 196, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 671-678

  Dimick, Justin B ^a   Pronovost, Peter J ^a,b,c,d   Cowan, John A ^a   Lipsett, Pamela A ^a,b,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Hygiene and Public Health   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONEY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SEPTICEMIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037989696     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(03)00122-4     Document Type: Article

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