Cumulative sum control charts for assessing performance in arterial surgery

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 146-151

  Beiles, C Barry ^a,c   Morton, Anthony P ^a,b  

^a Melbourne Vascular Surgical Association   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arterial; Audit; Quality control; Risk adjustment; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTERY BYPASS; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTERY SURGERY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PERFORMANCE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

ALGORITHMS; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 1842612366     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-2197.2004.02913.x     Document Type: Article

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