Risk adjustment for case mix and the effect of surgeon volume on morbidity

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 148, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 532-536

  Maas, Matthew B ^a,b   Jaff, Michael R ^b   Rordorf, Guy A ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CASE MIX; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; VOLUMETRY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 84879366066     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2013.1509     Document Type: Article

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