Composite measures for profiling hospitals on bariatric surgery performance

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 10-16

  Dimick, Justin B ^a   Birkmeyer, Nancy J ^a   Finks, Jonathan F ^a   Share, David A ^d   English, Wayne J ^b   Carlin, Arthur M ^c   Birkmeyer, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Marquette General Hospital   (United States)

^c HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Cardiovascular Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; COMPLICATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBID OBESITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGEON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STANDARDS; STOMACH BYPASS;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84892727800     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2013.4109     Document Type: Article

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