Use of National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Data as a Catalyst for Quality Improvement

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 204, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1293-1300

  Rowell, Katherine S ^a   Turrentine, Florence E ^b   Hutter, Matthew M ^c   Khuri, Shukri F ^d,e,f   Henderson, William G ^g  

^a QCMetrix Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NATIONAL SURGICAL QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SURGICAL INFECTION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND COMPLICATION;

HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRIVATE SECTOR; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 34249314015     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.03.024     Document Type: Article

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