The legacy of Bristol: Public disclosure of individual surgeons' results

British Medical Journal

Volumn 329, Issue 7463, 2004, Pages 450-454

  Keogh, Brace ^a   Spiegelhalter, David ^a   Bailey, Alan ^b   Roxburgh, James ^a   Magee, Patrick ^a   Hilton, Colin ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b The Limes   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL STAFF; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SURGEON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 4344712567     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.329.7463.450     Document Type: Review

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