Regional collaborations as a tool for quality improvements in surgery: A systematic review of the literature

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 249, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 565-572

  Fung Kee Fung, Michael ^a,b,d   Watters, James ^b   Crossley, Claire ^c   Goubanova, Elena ^a   Abdulla, Arifa ^a   Stern, Hartley ^a,b   Oliver, Thomas K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; EMBASE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERHOSPITAL COOPERATION; MEDLINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; COOPERATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; SURGERY;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 65449190234     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31819ec608     Document Type: Review

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