Profiling hospitals on bariatric surgery quality: Which outcomes are most reliable?

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 219, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 725-734.e3

  Krell, Robert W ^a   Finks, Jonathan F ^a   English, Wayne J ^b   Dimick, Justin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ICD-9-CM; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT RISK; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RELIABILITY; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROMA; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLENECTOMY; SURGICAL PATIENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION; HOSPITAL; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BENCHMARKING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REOPERATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84908086099     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2014.06.006     Document Type: Article

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