Operative mortality and procedure volume as predictors of subsequent hospital performance

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 243, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 411-417

  Birkmeyer, John D ^a,d   Dimick, Justin B ^a,b   Staiger, Douglas O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Dartmouth College   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL CARE; MEASUREMENT; MORTALITY; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT;

AGED; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644640139     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000201800.45264.51     Document Type: Article

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