Learning the hard way: The importance of accurate data

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1015-1018

  Lewis, R S ^a   Graham, D G ^a   Watson, J D ^a   Lunniss, P J ^a  

^a HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Colorectal cancer; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DATA PROCESSING; DISTANT METASTASIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 84864345306     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2012.02981.x     Document Type: Article

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