Prevalence of patient safety indicators and hospital-acquired conditions in those treated for unruptured cerebral aneurysms: Establishing standard performance measures using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample database

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 966-973

  Fargen, Kyle M ^a   Rahman, Maryam ^a   Neal, Dan ^a   Hoh, Brian L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral aneurysm; Hospital acquired condition; Patient safety indicator; Pay for performance; Unruptured aneurysm; Vascular disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CATHETER INFECTION; DATA BASE; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ICD-9; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT SAFETY; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; UNRUPTURED CEREBRAL ANEURYSM; UNRUPTURED INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM;

ADULT; AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SAFETY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885368371     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.5.JNS122378     Document Type: Article

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