Do pre-existing complications affect the failure to rescue quality measures?

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-68

  Moriarty, James P ^a   Finnie, D M ^a   Johnson, M G ^a   Huddleston, J M ^a   Naessens, J M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY;

EID: 77649119472     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: 14753901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2007.025981     Document Type: Article

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