Use of board certification and recertification in hospital privileging: Policies for general surgeons, surgical specialists, and nonsurgical subspecialists

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 746-752

  Freed, Gary L ^a,b   Dunham, Kelly M ^a   Singer, Dianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HOSPITAL SERVICE; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RECERTIFICATION; SURGEON; TAX;

CERTIFICATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DATA COLLECTION; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF PRIVILEGES; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; SPECIALTY BOARDS; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68949164919     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2009.28     Document Type: Article

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