Understanding surgeon performance and improving patient outcomes

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 2765-2766

  Birkmeyer, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM SURGERY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CYSTECTOMY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; NOTE; PANCREAS RESECTION; PATIENT CARE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4344638484     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2004.02.044     Document Type: Note

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