Quality indicators in head and neck operations: A comparison with published benchmarks

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1086-1093

  Shellenberger, Thomas D ^a,b   Madero Visbal, Rafael ^a   Weber, Randal S ^b  

^a M D ANDERSON CANCER CENTER ORLANDO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; LARYNX CARCINOMA; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUTH CARCINOMA; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PUBLICATION; SURGICAL INFECTION;

BENCHMARKING; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81855168367     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 1538361X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archoto.2011.177     Document Type: Article

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