Results from the Australasian Vascular Surgical Audit: The inaugural year

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 105-111

  Beiles, C Barry ^a   Bourke, Bernie ^b   Thomson, Ian ^c  

^a WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b GOSFORD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c DUNEDIN HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Clinical audit; Healthcare survey; Medical informatics; Risk adjustment; Vascular surgical procedure

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONFIDENTIALITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; CONFIDENTIALITY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL SUPPORT; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEW ZEALAND; PROGRAM EVALUATION; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84857801261     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2011.05987.x     Document Type: Article

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