Open AccessComparison of Postoperative Mortality in VA and Private Hospitals
Author(s) -
John F. Stremple,
Dean S. Bross,
Chester L. Davis,
Gerald O. McDonald
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-199303000-00010
Subject(s) - medicine , mortality rate , veterans affairs , comorbidity , surgery , anastomosis , general surgery , emergency medicine
This study compared unselected VA (Department of Veterans Affairs) and private multi-hospital postoperative mortality rates. In the absence of national standards for postoperative mortality rates and in view of the unique volume and range of surgical procedures studied, the second objective is to help establish national standards through the dissemination of these postoperative mortality norms.