Can surgical performance benchmarking be generalized across multiple outcomes databases: A comparison of University HealthSystem Consortium and National Surgical Quality Improvement Program

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 208, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 942-948

  Simorov, Anton ^a   Bills, Nathan ^a   Shostrom, Valerie ^a   Boilesen, Eugene ^a   Oleynikov, Dmitry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholecystectomy; Comparison; Database; Laparoscopy; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDS;

BENCHMARKING; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMORBIDITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84916624413     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2014.08.016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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