Variability in Reoperation Rates at 182 Hospitals: A Potential Target for Quality Improvement

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 209, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 557-564

  Merkow, Ryan P ^a   Bilimoria, Karl Y ^b,c   Cohen, Mark E ^b   Richards, Karen ^b   Ko, Clifford Y ^b,d   Hall, Bruce L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL DISEASE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; DISSEMINATED CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTOCOLECTOMY; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM RESECTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350246097     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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