Measuring the Quality of Surgical Outcomes in General Thoracic Surgery: Should Surgical Volume Be Used to Direct Patient Referrals?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1405-1408

  Kozower, Benjamin D ^a   Stukenborg, George J ^a   Lau, Christine L ^a   Jones, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK ADJUSTMENT; THORACIC SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 53849149347     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.07.027     Document Type: Editorial

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