Tracking perioperative mortality and maternal mortality: Challenges and opportunities

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2016, Pages e440-e441

  Arya, Sumedha ^a   Ng Kamstra, Joshua ^a,b   Meara, John G ^b   Langer, Ana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORTALITY RATE; NOTE; PERIOPERATIVE MORTALITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; TIME OF DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MORTALITY; STANDARDS; SURGERY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84966702461     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30082-1     Document Type: Note

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