Performance measurement at a "tipping point"

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 958-966

  Glance, Laurent G ^a,f   Neuman, Mark ^b   Martinez, Elizabeth A ^c   Pauker, Kenneth Y ^d   Dutton, Richard P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Memorial Care   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BREAST SURGERY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 79953212899     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e31820e778d     Document Type: Article

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