Model for the reconfiguration of specialized vascular services

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1469-1474

  Holt, P J E ^a   Poloniecki, J D ^b   Hinchliffe, R J ^a   Loftus, I M ^a   Thompson, M M ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; REGIONALIZATION; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; ENGLAND; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 56749160123     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.6433     Document Type: Article

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