Home discharge as a performance metric for surgery

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 96-97

  Hyder, Joseph A ^a,b   Hirschberg, Ronald E ^c,d   Nguyen, Louis L ^b,d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF UROLOGY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; PATIENT CARE; SURGERY;

HUMANS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84923299906     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: 21686262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2014.1725     Document Type: Note

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