Standardised metrics for global surgical surveillance

The Lancet

Volumn 374, Issue 9695, 2009, Pages 1113-1117

  Weiser, Thomas G ^a,b   Makary, Martin A ^c   Haynes, Alex B ^a,d   Dziekan, Gerald ^e   Berry, William R ^a   Gawande, Atul A ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DISABILITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; METRIC SYSTEM; MORTALITY; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGEON; SURGERY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; STANDARDISED METRIC;

EID: 79961101270     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61161-2     Document Type: Article

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