Individualised surgical outcomes: Please look the other way

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 1058, 2013, Pages 677-678

  Moonesinghe, S R ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TREATMENT OUTCOME; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THORAX SURGERY; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLINICAL AUDIT; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; STATE MEDICINE; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84887686944     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2013-132442     Document Type: Editorial

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