Logistic, additive or historical: Is EuroSCORE an appropriate model for comparing individual surgeons' performance?

Heart

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1715-1716

  Keogh, Bruce E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART SURGERY; JOB PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGEON; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORACIC SURGERY;

EID: 33845222565     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2006.090902     Document Type: Review

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