Surgical site infections following ambulatory surgery procedures

JAMA

Volumn 311, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 709-716

  Owens, Pamela L ^a   Barrett, Marguerite L ^b   Raetzman, Susan ^c   Maggard Gibbons, Melinda ^d,e   Steiner, Claudia A ^a  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^b ML Barrett Inc   (United States)

^c IBM WATSON HEALTH   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL SURGERY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

EID: 84894119709     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2014.4     Document Type: Article

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