Does surgical quality improve in the american college of surgeons national surgical quality improvement program: An evaluation of all participating hospitals

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 250, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 363-374

  Hall, Bruce L ^a,b,c,g   Hamilton, Barton H ^c   Richards, Karen ^d   Bilimoria, Karl Y ^e   Cohen, Mark E ^d   Ko, Clifford Y ^d,f  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^d AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g Los Angeles School of Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HOSPITAL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; SURGERY; SURGICAL QUALITY;

HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 70249133736     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181b4148f     Document Type: Article

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