Value of current quality assurance for surgery
Hupe, K.; Wenning, M.
Zentralblatt für Chirurgie 125(Suppl 2): 146-148
2000
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-409X PMID: 11190634 Document Number: 516908
In a quality assurance project in Westfalia-Lippia more than 200,000 data of surgical patients with one of the following tracer diagnoses have been analyzed: inguinal hernia, hip fracture and cholecystectomy. Results of the analysis and improvements in outcome are presented. Further developments in the field of quality assurance are being discussed.
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