Analysis of the causes and effects of delay before diagnosis using surgical mortality data

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 419-425

  North, J B ^a   Blackford, F J ^a   Wall, D ^b   Allen, J ^a   Faint, S ^a   Ware, R S ^c   Rey Conde, T ^a  

^a ROYAL AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; SURGERY; TIME TO TREATMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUEENSLAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

EID: 84872194522     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.8986     Document Type: Article

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