Monitoring surgical performance

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 807-810

  Blackstone, Eugene H ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH;

EID: 9644263855     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.03.022     Document Type: Editorial

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