Proposed Minimum Rates of Surgery to Support Desirable Health Outcomes: An Observational Study Based on Three Strategies

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2126-2131

  Esquivel, Micaela M ^a   Molina, George ^b,c   Uribe Leitz, Tarsicio ^a   Lipsitz, Stuart R ^b   Rose, John ^b,d   Bickler, Stephen ^d   Gawande, Atul A ^b   Haynes, Alex B ^b,c   Weiser, Thomas G ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CHILE; CHINA; COSTA RICA; CUBA; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIVE BIRTH; MATERNAL MORTALITY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY;

BENCHMARKING; CHILE; CHINA; COSTA RICA; CUBA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIVE BIRTH; MATERNAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84939256618     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-015-3092-7     Document Type: Article

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