Pledging to eliminate low-volume surgery

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 373, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 1388-1390

  Urbach, David R ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Department of Surgery ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; ELECTIVE SURGERY; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MEDICAID; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; LOW VOLUME HOSPITAL; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; SURGERY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS, LOW-VOLUME; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURGEONS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84943551928     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1508472     Document Type: Review

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