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Job Kievit
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Evaluation of hospital outcomes
The relation between length-of-stay, readmission, and mortality in a large international administrative database
Background: Hospital mortality, readmission and length of stay (LOS) are commonly used measures for quality of care. We aimed to disentangle the correlations between these interrelated measures and propose a new way of combining them to evaluate the quality of hospital care. Meth
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Objective: To identify, on the basis of past performance, those hospitals that demonstrate good outcomes in sufficient numbers to make it likely that they will provide adequate quality of care in the future, using a combined measure of volume and outcome (CM-V&O). To compare
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Urgente darmresecties bij ouderen met coloncarcinoom
Resultaten van de Dutch surgical colorectal audit
Objective: The aim of the study was to identify risk factors for postoperative mortality in patients undergoing surgery for colon cancer. We looked specifically at patients ≥ 80 years of age in whom a nonelective colon cancer resection was performed. Study Design: Observational s
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the safety of laparoscopic colorectal cancer resections in a nationwide population-based study. BACKGROUND: Although laparoscopic techniques are increasingly used in colorectal cancer surgery, little is known on results outside trials. With the fast intr
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Zorgkwaliteit en complicaties van operaties
Vergelijking van de uitkomsten van 3 heelkundige afdelingen
Choosing a hospital for surgery
The importance of information on quality of care.
To assess whether patients use information on quality of care when choosing a hospital for surgery compared with more general hospital information. In this cross-sectional study in 3 Dutch hospitals, questionnaires were sent to 2122 patients who underwent 1 of 6 elective surgical
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Evaluation of routinely reported surgical site infections against microbiological culture results
A tool to identify patient groups where diagnosis and treatment may be improved
Background: Surgeons may improve their decision making by assessing the extent to which their initial clinical diagnosis of a surgical site infection (SSI) was supported by culture results. Aim of the present study was to evaluate routinely reported SSI by surgeons against microb
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Surgical adverse outcomes and patients' evaluation of quality of care
Inherent risk or reduced quality of care?
Background: Previous research has shown that sicker patients are less satisfied with their healthcare, but specific effects of adverse health outcomes have not been investigated. The present study aimed to assess whether patients who experience adverse outcomes, in hospital or af
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Objective: Follow-up after curative resection of colorectal carcinoma (CRC) has been subjected to debate concerning its effectiveness to reduce cancer mortality. Current national and international guidelines advise CEA measurements every 3 months during 3 years after surgery. The
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Purpose: To assess the impact of variables related to setting, study design and definition on adverse outcome occurrence and mortality in hospitalized patients. Data sources: Pubmed and Embase. Study selection: Articles in English from 1980 onwards, in non-selected patients or su
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