Inter-Relationship of procedural mortality rates in vascular surgery in england retrospective analysis of hospital episode statistics from 2005 to 2010

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 131-141

  Sinha, S ^a   Karthikesalingam, A ^a   Poloniecki, J D ^a   Thompson, M M ^b   Holt, P J ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Benchmarking; Health services research; Mortality; Outcome assessment (health care); Quality of healthcare

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; VASCULAR SURGERY; WORKLOAD;

ANEURYSM; BENCHMARKING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTHCARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATE MEDICINE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SURVIVAL RATE; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84898767800     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.113.000579     Document Type: Article

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