Accuracy of mandatory surgeon recording of unplanned return to theatre

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 302-303

  De La Costa, Ricaredo ^a   Muir, Fiona ^a   Harris, Ian ^a,b  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Orthopaedic surgery; Performance indicators; Unplanned return to theatre

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSING STAFF; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDICS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REOPERATION;

EID: 2542512299     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-1433.2004.02991.x     Document Type: Review

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