European registry for quality improvement in cataract surgery

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 140-151

  Lundström, Mats ^a   Barry, Peter ^b   Brocato, Lucia ^c   Fitzpatrick, Carol ^c   Henry, Ype ^d   Rosen, Paul ^e   Stenevi, Ulf ^f  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery   (Ireland)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e OXFORD EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Clinical guidelines; Disease registry; Outcomes; Quality improvement; Web based expert system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; EUROPEAN UNION; FACTUAL DATABASE; INTERNET; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; REGISTER; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

BENCHMARKING; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EUROPEAN UNION; INTERNET; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REFRACTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REGISTRIES;

EID: 84897042894     PISSN: 09526862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJHCQA-10-2012-0101     Document Type: Article

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