Washington State's approach to variability in surgical processes/Outcomes: Surgical Clinical Outcomes Assessment Program (SCOAP)

Surgery

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 821-828

  Flum, David R ^a   Fisher, Nancy ^b   Thompson, Jeffery ^b   Marcus Smith, Miriam ^b   Florence, Michael ^b   Pellegrini, Carlos A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APPENDECTOMY; BARIATRIC SURGERY; COLON RESECTION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM RESECTION; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27744523577     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2005.07.026     Document Type: Article

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