Healthcare quality measurement in orthopaedic surgery: Current state of the art

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 467, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2542-2547

  Auerbach, Andrew ^a  

^a UCSF Division of Hospital Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTHROPLASTY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MODEL; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SAFETY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA BASE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTHROPLASTY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BENCHMARKING; DATABASES AS TOPIC; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349899298     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-009-0840-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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