Appraising the quality of care in surgery

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1584-1593

  Mayer, Erik K ^a   Chow, Andre ^a   Vale, Justin A ^a   Athanasiou, Thanos ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE QUALITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SURGERY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BENCHMARKING; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EFFICIENCY; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 68149131317     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-009-0065-8     Document Type: Review

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