Development of quality indicators: Lessons learned in bariatric surgery

American Surgeon

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 870-874

  Maggard, Melinda A ^a   Mcgory, Marcia L ^a   Clifford, Y K O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RECORD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; CLASSIFICATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXPERT WITNESS; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STANDARD;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; EXPERT TESTIMONY; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33750693719     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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