Nationwide quality improvement of cholecystectomy: Results from a national database

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 565-573

  Harboe, Kirstine M ^a   Bardram, Linda ^b  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cholecystectomy; Digestive diseases; Hospital care; Quality improvement; Quality indicators; Re operations; Readmissions; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; CHILD; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLELITHIASIS; DENMARK; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES;

EID: 80052735896     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzr041     Document Type: Article

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