Measuring quality in colorectal surgery: Is only the first step in the more important goal of improving quality

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 343, Issue 7820, 2011, Pages

  Morris, Arden ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLORECTAL SURGERY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE;

COLORECTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REOPERATION;

EID: 84858999866     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d4859     Document Type: Editorial

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