Measures of surgical quality: What will patients know by 2005?

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 209-217

  Broder, Michael S ^a   Payne Simon, Lisa ^b   Brook, Robert H ^c,d  

^a PARTNERSHIP FOR HEALTH ANALYTIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b California HealthCare Foundation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Health care quality; Quality indicators; Surgical procedures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; DATA COLLECTION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INSURANCE, HEALTH; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 19944379511     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2005.00518.x     Document Type: Article

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