How do (and why should) I use the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program?

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 198, Issue 5 SUPPL, 2009, Pages

  Neumayer, Leigh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Outcomes; Practice based improvement; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 71149092287     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.08.009     Document Type: Article

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