Using administrative data to identify surgical adverse events: an introduction to the Patient Safety Indicators

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 198, Issue 5 SUPPL, 2009, Pages

  Kaafarani, Haytham M A ^a,b   Rosen, Amy K ^b,c  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b VA Center of Excellence   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrative data; Adverse events; Complications; Patient safety; Patient safety indicators; Quality improvement; Quality indicators

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SAFETY INDICATOR; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL RISK;

EID: 71149121328     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.08.008     Document Type: Article

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