Mortality after peripheral bypass surgery: Value of a mortality scoring system in evaluating the quality of care

Vascular

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 121-125

  Klinkert, Pieter ^a   Van Der Steenhoven, Tim J ^a   Vrancken Peeters, Mark Paul F M ^a   Breslau, Paul J ^a  

^a Red Cross Hospital Den Haag   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Peripheral bypass surgery; Quality control; Surgical audit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 3042567721     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmvasc.12.2.121     Document Type: Article

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