Impact of hospital characteristics on failure to rescue following major surgery

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 263, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 692-697

  Sheetz, Kyle H ^a   Dimick, Justin B ^a   Ghaferi, Amir A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Failure to rescue; Hospital characteristics; Surgical safety

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEG REVASCULARIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; NURSE; PANCREAS RESECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; VARIANCE; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SURGERY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84945290318     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001414     Document Type: Article

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