The impact of ineffective and inefficient care on the excess costs of elective surgical procedures

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 212, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 779-786

  Fry, Donald E ^a,b,d   Pine, Michael ^a,c   Jones, Barbara L ^a   Meimban, Roger J ^a  

^a Michael Pine and Associates   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLON RESECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955643085     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2010.12.046     Document Type: Article

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