Creating transparency in UK adult cardiac surgery data

Heart

Volumn 99, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 1067-1068

  Grant, Stuart W ^a   Hickey, Graeme L ^a   Cosgriff, Rebecca ^b   Cooper, Graham ^c   Deanfield, John ^b   Roxburgh, James ^d   Bridgewater, Ben ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; ONLINE SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

CARDIAC SURGERY; QUALITY OF CARE AND OUTCOMES;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; THORACIC SURGERY;

EID: 84880226048     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2013-304068     Document Type: Editorial

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