Brief surgical procedure code lists for outcomes measurement and quality improvement in resource-limited settings

Surgery (United States)

Volumn 162, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1163-1176

  Liu, Charles ^a   Kayima, Peter ^b   Riesel, Johanna ^c   Situma, Martin ^b   Chang, David ^d   Firth, Paul ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ICD-9-CM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT INDICATION; UGANDA; CLASSIFICATION; CURRENT PROCEDURAL TERMINOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; POVERTY; SURGERY;

CURRENT PROCEDURAL TERMINOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POVERTY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UGANDA;

EID: 85028460617     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2017.07.002     Document Type: Article

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