Risk adjustment of the postoperative morbidity rate for the comparative assessment of the quality of surgical care: Results of the National Veterans Affairs Surgical Risk Study

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 328-340

  Daley, Jennifer ^a,b,c,p   Khuri, Shukri F ^a,b,d   Henderson, William ^e   Hur, Kwan ^e   Gibbs, James O ^e   Barbour, Galen ^a,f   Demakis, John ^e   Irvin III, George ^g,h,i   Stremple, John F ^a,j   Grover, Frederick ^a,k   McDonald, Gerald ^l   Passaro Jr , Edward ^a,m   Fabri, Peter J ^a,n   Spencer, Jeannette ^a,b,d   Hammermeister, Karl ^a,k   Aust, J Bradley ^o   Oprian, Charles ^e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Hines VA Ctr Coop Studs Hlth S   (United States)

^f GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^l Univ of Colorado Hlth Sci Center ^*  (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^p VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 12644271194     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(97)00090-2     Document Type: Article

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