Who Pays for Poor Surgical Quality? Building a Business Case for Quality Improvement

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 202, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 933-937

  Dimick, Justin B ^a,b,c   Weeks, William B ^a,b   Karia, Raj J ^b   Das, Smita ^b   Campbell Jr , Darrell A ^c  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REIMBURSEMENT; SURGICAL PATIENT;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645323110     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2006.02.015     Document Type: Article

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