The American College of Surgeons Trauma Quality Improvement Program

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 441-454

  Nathens, Avery B ^a,b   Cryer, H Gill ^c   Fildes, John ^b,d  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

^c UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ACS TQIP; Benchmarking; TRISS

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; INJURY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZATION; SURGEON; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TRAUMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84858134137     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: 15583171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2012.01.003     Document Type: Review

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