Do postoperative complications vary by hospital teaching status?

Medical Care

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-32

  Vartak, Smruti ^a   Ward, Marcia M ^a   Vaughn, Thomas E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Patient safety; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY;

EID: 37649007254     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181484927     Document Type: Article

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