Preventing unintended consequences of quality measurement

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 146, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1072-1073

  Lawson, Elise H ^a   Ko, Clifford Y ^a  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; COLON RESECTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NOTE; OBESITY; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SURGICAL INFECTION;

COLECTOMY; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MALE; OBESITY; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 80053062481     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2011.225     Document Type: Note

References (1)

1. Wick EC, Hirose K, Shore AD, et al. Surgical site infections and cost in obese patients undergoing colorectal surgery [published online May 16, 2011]. Arch Surg. 2011;146(9):1068-1072.