Quality assurance in cardiac surgery: Implications for Asia

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 175-176

  Underwood, Malcolm ^a   Ho, Kwok Keung ^a   Cheung, David L C ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ACCURACY; ASIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART SURGERY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TEAMWORK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 33745055256     PISSN: 02184923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/021849230601400301     Document Type: Editorial

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