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

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 204, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1157-1165

  Main, Deborah S ^a,b   Henderson, William G ^a   Pratte, Katherine ^a,b   Cavender, Tia A ^d   Schifftner, Tracy L ^e   Kinney, Anne ^a,b   Stoner, Tamara ^a,c   Steiner, John F ^a,b   Fink, Aaron S ^f   Khuri, Shukri F ^g  

^a Division of General Internal Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Metro Health Hospital   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRIVATE SECTOR; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SAFETY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249340814     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.03.019     Document Type: Article

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