Surgeons' perceptions of public reporting of hospital and individual surgeon quality

Medical Care

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1069-1075

  Sherman, Karen L ^a   Gordon, Elisa J ^a   Mahvi, David M ^a   Chung, Jeanette ^a   Bentrem, David J ^a,b   Holl, Jane L ^a   Bilimoria, Karl Y ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

mixed methods; qualitative interview; quality; survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOCRINE SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PERCEPTION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC SPEAKING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SURGEON; THORAX SURGERY; TRANSPLANTATION; VALIDITY; VASCULAR SURGERY; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERCEPTION; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84888081833     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000013     Document Type: Article

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