The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database Update on Outcomes and Quality

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1646-1654

  Seder, Christopher W ^a   Wright, Cameron D ^b   Chang, Andrew C ^c   Han, Jane M ^d   McDonald, Donna ^d   Kozower, Benjamin D ^e  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d Society of Thoracic Surgeons   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; DATA BASE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL RISK; THORACIC SURGEON; THORAX SURGERY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FACTUAL DATABASE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; STANDARDS;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; THORACIC SURGERY;

EID: 85027953203     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.02.099     Document Type: Article

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