Surgical quality among medicare beneficiaries undergoing outpatient urological surgery

Journal of Urology

Volumn 188, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1274-1278

  Hollingsworth, John M ^a   Saigal, Chris S ^c   Lai, Julie C ^b   Dunn, Rodney L ^a   Strope, Seth A ^d   Hollenbeck, Brent K ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e North Campus Research Complex   (United States)

Author keywords

ambulatory care facilities; hospitals; physicians' offices; quality of healthcare; urologic surgical procedures

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; BLADDER SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

EID: 84866084903     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2012.06.031     Document Type: Article

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