An analysis of risk factors for patient complaints about ambulatory anesthesiology care

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1325-1332

  Kynes, J Matthew ^a   Schildcrout, Jonathan S ^b   Hickson, Gerald B ^a   Pichert, James W ^a   Han, Xue ^b   Ehrenfeld, Jesse M ^a   Westlake, Margaret W ^a   Catron, Tom ^a   Jacques, Paul St ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CHILD CARE; FAMILY CENTERED CARE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALPRACTICE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANESTHESIA; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALPRACTICE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84878406664     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: 15267598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e31827aef83     Document Type: Article

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