Is risk-adjusted mortality an indicator of quality of care in general surgery?: A comparison of risk adjustment to peer review

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 252, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 452-458

  Shackford, Steven R ^a   Hyman, Neil ^a   Ben Jacob, Talia ^a   Ratliff, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; PEER REVIEW; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGEON; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STANDARDS; SURGERY;

FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PEER REVIEW, HEALTH CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 77956207529     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181f10a66     Document Type: Article

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