Beyond 30-day mortality: Aligning surgical quality with outcomes that patients value

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 149, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 631-632

  Schwarze, Margaret L ^a   Brasel, Karen J ^b   Mosenthal, Anne C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SURGICAL QUALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DECISION MAKING; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PALLIATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84904406513     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2013.5143     Document Type: Short Survey

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