Evaluating the value and impact of the Victorian Audit of Surgical Mortality

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 724-728

  Retegan, Claudia ^a   Russell, Colin ^a,b   Harris, Darren ^c   Andrianopoulos, Nick ^b   Beiles, Barry ^a  

^a ROYAL AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Aspex Consulting   (Australia)

Author keywords

Audit; Clinical audit; Evaluation methodology; Health care quality assurance; Hospital mortality; Operative surgical procedure; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EVALUATION METHODOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY ASSURANCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STANDARD; SURGERY;

AUDIT; CLINICAL AUDIT; EVALUATION METHODOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY ASSURANCE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; OPERATIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURE; SURGERY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; VICTORIA;

EID: 84885176699     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ans.12311     Document Type: Article

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