Comparison of Risk-Adjusted 30-Day Postoperative Mortality and Morbidity in Department of Veterans Affairs Hospitals and Selected University Medical Centers: Vascular Surgical Operations in Women

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 204, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1137-1146

  Johnson, Robert G ^a,b   Wittgen, Catherine M ^a,b   Hutter, Matthew M ^c   Henderson, William G ^d   Mosca, Cecilia ^e   Khuri, Shukri F ^f,g,h  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^f VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^g HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VASCULAR SURGERY; VETERANS AFFAIRS HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRIVATE SECTOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAFETY; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 34249312277     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.02.059     Document Type: Article

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