Effect of the World Health Organization Checklist on Patient Outcomes: A Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 261, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 821-828

  Haugen, Arvid Steinar ^a,b   Søfteland, Eirik ^a   Almeland, Stian K ^c   Sevdalis, Nick ^d   Vonen, Barthold ^e   Eide, Geir E ^a,b   Nortvedt, Monica W ^f   Harthug, Stig ^a,b  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c Section for Rheumatology   (Norway)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e NORDLAND HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f BERGEN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

Author keywords

checklist; morbidity; mortality; randomized controlled trial; surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; ICD-10; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEUROSURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL SAFETY CHECKLIST; THORAX SURGERY; UROLOGIC SURGERY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORWAY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STANDARDS; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

CHECKLIST; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; NORWAY; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84939439763     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000716     Document Type: Article

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