Hospital process compliance and surgical outcomes in medicare beneficiaries

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 145, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 999-1004

  Nicholas, Lauren H ^a   Osborne, Nicholas H ^a   Birkmeyer, John D ^a   Dimick, Justin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958532078     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2010.191     Document Type: Article

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