Relationship of Processes and Structures of Care in General Surgery to Postoperative Outcomes: A Qualitative Analysis

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 204, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1147-1156

  Main, Deborah S ^a   Cavender, Tia A ^b   Nowels, Carolyn T ^a   Henderson, William G ^a   Fink, Aaron S ^c   Khuri, Shukri F ^d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Metro Health Hospital   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL STAFF; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

COMMUNICATION; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249300994     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.03.013     Document Type: Article

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