Editorial commentary: Surgical care improvement project performance measures: Good but not perfect

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 428-429

  Bratzler, Dale W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

performance measures

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; FLUOROSCOPY; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MEDICAL EXPERT; NOTE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; STOMACH TUBE; SURGERY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PURCHASING; REIMBURSEMENT; STANDARD; SURGICAL INFECTION;

HUMANS; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VALUE-BASED PURCHASING;

EID: 84872356218     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis944     Document Type: Note

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