Reliability of Surgeon-specific Reporting of Complications after Colectomy

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 261, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 920-925

  Shih, Terry ^a   Cole, Adam I ^a   Al Attar, Paul M ^a   Chakrabarti, Apurba ^a   Fardous, Hussein A ^a   Helvie, Peter F ^a   Kemp, Michael T ^a   Lee, Chris ^a   Shtull Leber, Eytan ^a   Campbell, Darrell A ^b   Englesbe, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

colectomy; complications; health services research; outcomes; surgeon specific reporting

Indexed keywords

AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLON RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGEON; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLECTOMY; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURGEONS;

EID: 84943515243     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001032     Document Type: Article

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