Assessing quality in pediatric surgery - The limited role of appendectomy as the optimal target

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2313-2319

  Raval, Mehul V ^a   Deans, Katherine J ^a,b   Rangel, Shawn J ^b   Minneci, Peter C ^a,c   Nwomeh, Benedict C ^a   Kelleher, Kelly J ^c   Moss, R Lawrence ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendectomy; National Inpatient Sample; Pediatric surgery; Quality; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORBIDITY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE ILEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; UNITED STATES; WOUND INFECTION;

APPENDECTOMY; NATIONAL INPATIENT SAMPLE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; QUALITY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

APPENDECTOMY; CHILD; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PEDIATRICS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887573100     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2013.03.057     Document Type: Article

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