Safety, quality, and the national surgical quality improvement program

American Surgeon

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 994-998

  Khuri, Shukri F ^a,b  

^a VA Boston Healthcare System   (United States)

^b VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ATTENTION; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; MEDICAL ERROR; NATIONAL SURGICAL QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PUBLICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; REVIEW; SAFETY; STANDARD; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547580254     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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