Initiating statistical process control to improve quality outcomes in colorectal surgery

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 3559-3564

  Keller, Deborah S ^a   Stulberg, Jonah J ^b   Lawrence, Justin K ^a   Samia, Hoda ^a   Delaney, Conor P ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthcare outcomes; Healthcare utilization; Length of stay; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS CONTROL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION; STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; AGED; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATIVE TIME; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84947490248     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-015-4108-y     Document Type: Article

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