Identifying quality markers and improvement measures for ward-based surgical care: A semistructured interview study

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 211-218

  Pucher, Philip H ^a   Aggarwal, Rajesh ^b,c   Singh, Pritam ^a   Tahir, Muaaz ^a   Darzi, Ara ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Patient round; Postoperative care; Quality improvement; Surgery; Ward round

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MEDICAL STAFF; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SIMULATION; SURGICAL WARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; STANDARDS; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84931560781     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2014.11.013     Document Type: Article

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