Variation in quality of care after emergency general surgery procedures in the elderly

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 212, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1039-1048

  Ingraham, Angela M ^a,b   Cohen, Mark E ^a   Raval, Mehul V ^a,c   Ko, Clifford Y ^a,d   Nathens, Avery B ^e  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLEDOCHOTOMY; COLON RESECTION; COLOSTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY GENERAL SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GENERAL SURGERY; GERIATRIC SURGERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE RESECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957616042     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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