Targeting quality in surgery

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 258, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 659-668

  Clavien, Pierre Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; CENTRALIZATION; CHECKLIST; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORBIDITY; NEGLIGENCE; PANCREAS SURGERY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SURGEON; TEACHING; TRAUMATOLOGY; WORKLOAD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EUROPE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 84886027277     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3182a61965     Document Type: Review

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