Measuring surgical outcomes for improvement: Was Codman wrong?

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 313, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 469-470

  Berwick, Donald M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ORGANIZATIONAL DOWNSIZING; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL READMISSION; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84922455682     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2015.4     Document Type: Editorial

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