Quality and performance indicators in an Academic Department of Head and Neck Surgery

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 136, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1212-1218

  Weber, Randal S ^a   Lewis, Carol M ^a   Eastman, Scott D ^a   Hanna, Ehab Y ^a   Akiwumi, Olubumi ^a   Hessel, Amy C ^a   Lai, Stephen Y ^a   Kian, Leslie ^a   Kupferman, Michael E ^a   Roberts, Dianna B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMORBIDITY; EVALUATION; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; QUALITY CONTROL; SURGEON; WOUND INFECTION;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650836615     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 1538361X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archoto.2010.215     Document Type: Article

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