Clinical quality measures for intraoperative and perioperative management in carpal tunnel surgery

Hand

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 119-131

  Nuckols, Teryl K ^a,b   Gibbons, Melinda Maggard ^b,c   Harness, Neil G ^d   Chang, Walter T ^d   Chung, Kevin C ^e   Asch, Steven M ^a,b,f  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Health care quality assurance; Standards; Surgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955921465     PISSN: 15589447     EISSN: 15589455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11552-011-9325-9     Document Type: Article

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