Hospital Accreditation and Bariatric Surgery. Is It Important?

Advances in Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 123-129

  Blondet, Juan J ^a   Morton, John M ^b   Nguyen, Ninh T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ASMBS; Bariatric surgery accreditation; Center of excellence; CMS; MBSAQIP; Surgical outcomes

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; BARIATRIC SURGERY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; OBESITY, MORBID; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS;

ACCREDITATION; BARIATRIC SURGERY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; OBESITY, MORBID; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 84955201729     PISSN: 00653411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yasu.2015.03.012     Document Type: Review

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