Mortality after elective colon resection: The search for outcomes that define quality in surgical practice

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 214, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 436-443

  Billeter, Adrian T ^a   Polk Jr , Hiram C ^a   Hohmann, Samuel F ^b   Qadan, Motaz ^a,d   Fry, Donald E ^c   Jorden, Jeffrey R ^a   McCafferty, Michael H ^a   Galandiuk, Susan ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b University HealthSystem Consortium   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

HCUP; HealthCare Utilization Project; SCIP; SSI; Surgical Care Improvement Project; surgical site infection; UHC; University HealthSystem Consortium

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLON RESECTION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKILL; SURGEON; SURVIVAL RATE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BENCHMARKING; COLECTOMY; COLORECTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859219136     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2011.12.018     Document Type: Article

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