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 Men

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 204, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1115-1126

  Hutter, Matthew M ^a   Lancaster, Robert T ^a   Henderson, William G ^b   Khuri, Shukri F ^c,d   Mosca, Cecilia ^e   Johnson, Robert G ^f   Abbott, William M ^a   Cambria, Richard P ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRIVATE SECTOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 34249317233     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.02.066     Document Type: Article

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