Brief tool to measure risk-adjusted surgical outcomes in resource-limited hospitals

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 147, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 798-803

  Anderson, Jamie E ^a   Lassiter, Randi ^a   Bickler, Stephen W ^a   Talamini, Mark A ^a   Chang, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARECA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SURGICAL RISK;

AGED; BENCHMARKING; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84866484768     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2012.699     Document Type: Article

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