Common ground: Measuring intrainstitutional mortality among pediatric surgical procedures

Surgery

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-14

  Caddell, Kirk A ^a   Diggs, Brian S ^a   De La Cruz, Jose S ^a   Walker, Wendy ^a   Ehieli, Eric ^c   Karamlou, Tara ^b   Ungerleider, Ross M ^d   Welke, Karl F ^e  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Multicare Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGERY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGE FACTORS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PEDIATRICS; SEX FACTORS; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650178611     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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