Quality and safety on an acute surgical ward: An exploratory cohort study of process and outcome

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 250, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1035-1040

  Kreckler, Simon ^a   Catchpole, Ken R ^a   New, Stephen J ^b   Handa, Ashok ^a   McCulloch, Peter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL WARD;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RECOVERY ROOM; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 73449120709     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181bd54c2     Document Type: Article

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