Use of state discharge abstract data to identify hospitals performing similar types of operative procedures

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1146-1154

  Wachtel, Ruth E ^a   Dexter, Franklin ^a,b   Barry, Brian ^c   Applegeet, Carol ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c St Mary's Hospital Grand Junction   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HOSPITALIZATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 77950975393     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181d00e09     Document Type: Article

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