Association between implementation of a Medical Team Training program and surgical morbidity

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 146, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1368-1373

  Young Xu, Yinong ^a,b   Neily, Julia ^a   Mills, Peter D ^a,b   Carney, Brian T ^a   West, Priscilla ^a   Berger, David H ^a,c   Mazzia, Lisa M ^a   Paull, Douglas E ^a   Bagian, James P ^a,d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TRAINING; VETERAN;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHECKLIST; COHORT STUDIES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPENSITY SCORE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84555188873     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2011.762     Document Type: Article

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