Establishing quality in colorectal surgery

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 961-973

  Almoudaris, A M ^a,b   Clark, S ^c   Vincent, C ^b   Faiz, Omar ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal surgery; Indicators; Quality

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; REVIEW; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BENCHMARKING; COLORECTAL SURGERY; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 80051716136     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2010.02355.x     Document Type: Review

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