Use of Hospital Episode Statistics to investigate abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 66-72

  Johal, A ^a   Mitchell, D ^b   Lees, T ^c   Cromwell, D ^a,b   Van Der Meulen, J ^a,b  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CODING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; CLINICAL CODING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 82955237288     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.7772     Document Type: Article

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