Understanding gaps in surgical quality: Learning to count what cannot be counted

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 257, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 6-7

  Dimick, Justin B ^a   Greenberg, Caprice C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; BLEEDING; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESUSCITATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGEON; SURGERY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TRAINING; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 84871555835     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31827ba13d     Document Type: Editorial

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