Does hospital mortality rate reflect quality of care on a surgical unit?

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 46-48

  O'Leary, D P ^a   Hardwick, R H ^a   Cosford, E ^a   Knox, A J S ^a  

^a ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mortality rates; Quality of care; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; EMERGENCIES; ENGLAND; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 1842416035     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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