Prioritizing perioperative quality improvement in orthopaedic surgery

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1884-1889

  Schilling, Peter L ^a   Hallstrom, Brian R ^a   Birkmeyer, John D ^a   Carpenter, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKLE FRACTURE; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LEG AMPUTATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REOPERATION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CURRENT PROCEDURAL TERMINOLOGY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956630691     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.I.00735     Document Type: Article

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