Surgical adverse outcomes and patients' evaluation of quality of care: Inherent risk or reduced quality of care?

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 428-433

  Marang van De Mheen, Perla J ^a   Van Duijn Bakker, Nanny ^a   Kievit, Job ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL PATIENT;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TELEPHONE;

EID: 37749041114     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2006.021071     Document Type: Article

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