Invited commentary: Measurement of quality in surgery: That's our job

Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 576-578

  Bass, Barbara Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; MORTALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; STANDARD; SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; HEALTH CARE COALITIONS; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 3042532221     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2004.05.001     Document Type: Editorial

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