The comparative assessment and improvement of quality of surgical care in the Department of Veterans Affairs
Khuri SF, Daley J, Henderson WG. The comparative assessment and improvement of quality of surgical care in the Department of Veterans Affairs. Archives of Surgery. 2002;137(1):20-27.
The VA National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) is the focus of this article, in which the authors describe the evolution, methods, and future plans of the NSQIP. The program uses 52 preoperative data variables, 15 intraoperative variables, and postoperative laboratory variables, as well as morbidity and mortality data to comparatively assess the quality of surgical care in VA hospitals.
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