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rdf:type |
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lifeskim:mentions |
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pubmed:issue |
12
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pubmed:dateCreated |
2002-12-6
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pubmed:abstractText |
Most quality improvement methods implicitly assume that facilities with high complication rates are likely to have substandard processes of care, a stable characteristic that, in the absence of intervention, will persist over time. We assessed the extent to which this holds true for carotid endarterectomy.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal |
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pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Dec
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pubmed:issn |
1524-4628
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pubmed:author |
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pubmed:issnType |
Electronic
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pubmed:volume |
33
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
2944-9
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:12468795-Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:12468795-Carotid Artery Diseases,
pubmed-meshheading:12468795-Cohort Studies,
pubmed-meshheading:12468795-Decision Support Techniques,
pubmed-meshheading:12468795-Demography,
pubmed-meshheading:12468795-Endarterectomy, Carotid,
pubmed-meshheading:12468795-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:12468795-Hospitals, Veterans,
pubmed-meshheading:12468795-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:12468795-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:12468795-Outcome Assessment (Health Care),
pubmed-meshheading:12468795-Postoperative Complications,
pubmed-meshheading:12468795-Prospective Studies,
pubmed-meshheading:12468795-Quality Indicators, Health Care,
pubmed-meshheading:12468795-Total Quality Management,
pubmed-meshheading:12468795-United States
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pubmed:year |
2002
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pubmed:articleTitle |
To what extent should quality of care decisions be based on health outcomes data? Application to carotid endarterectomy.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Biostatistics, Center for Clinical Health Policy, Division of General Internal Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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