Reoperation as a quality indicator in colorectal surgery: A population-based analysis

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 245, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-79

  Morris, Arden M ^a,e   Baldwin, Laura Mae ^b   Matthews, Barbara ^b   Dominitz, Jason A ^b   Barlow, William E ^c   Dobie, Sharon A ^b   Billingsley, Kevin G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Oregon Health and Science University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; ORGAN INJURY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND COMPLICATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; REOPERATION; SEER PROGRAM; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33845947169     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000231797.37743.9f     Document Type: Article

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