A surgical team with focus on staff education in a community hospital improves outcomes, costs and patient satisfaction

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 206, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1007-1015

  Banki, Farzaneh ^a   Ochoa, Kelly ^a   Carrillo, Mary E ^a   Leake, Samuel S ^b   Estrera, Anthony L ^b   Khalil, Kamal ^b   Safi, Hazim J ^b  

^a Tallahassee Memorial Adult Day Care   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs; Outcomes; Patient satisfaction; Surgical education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOTOMY; NURSE; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAFF TRAINING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SURGICAL TRAINING;

COSTS; OUTCOMES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SURGICAL EDUCATION;

GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEXAS;

EID: 84889091804     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2013.08.015     Document Type: Article

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