Evaluation of quality of care for congenital heart disease

Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Annual

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 157-167

  Welke, Karl F ^a,b,c   Jacobs, Jeffrey P ^a,b,c   Jenkins, Kathy J ^a,b,c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Quality of health care; Risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; NOMENCLATURE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; PEDIATRICS; REVIEW; STANDARD; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PEDIATRICS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK ADJUSTMENT; TERMINOLOGY; THORACIC SURGERY;

EID: 16344366259     PISSN: 10929126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.pcsu.2005.02.002     Document Type: Article

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