Surgeon performance index: tool for assessment of individual surgical quality in total quality management

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 751-758

  Hartrumpf, Martin ^a   Claus, Thomas ^a   Erb, Michael ^a   Albes, Johannes M ^a  

^a Heart Center Brandenburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Complications; Health economics; Individual surgical quality; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MEDIASTINITIS; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGEON; SURGEON PERFORMANCE INDEX; THORACOTOMY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ALGORITHMS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GERMANY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MEDIASTINITIS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; STERNUM; THORACOTOMY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 64749089725     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.12.006     Document Type: Article

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