Outcomes reported by the vascular quality initiative and the national surgical quality improvement program are not comparable

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Aiello, Francesco A ^a   Shue, Bing ^a   Kini, Nisha ^a   Rosen, Amy ^a   Messina, Louis ^a   Robinson, William ^a   Gona, Philimon ^a   Schanzer, Andres ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART INFARCTION; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NATIONAL SURGICAL QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM; OPERATING ROOM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SURGERY; WOUND INFECTION;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF REPORT; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84903274748     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2014.01.046     Document Type: Conference Paper

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