Improved total quality by monitoring of a cardiothoracic unit. Medical, administrative and economic data followed for 9 years

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 33-40

  Åberg, Torkel ^a   Hentschel, Jan ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Costs; Monitoring; Morbidity; Mortality; Time trends

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONFUSION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FACE MASK; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORAX SURGERY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 1842635617     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-9293(03)00218-4     Document Type: Article

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