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Surgical Endoscopy
Published in: Surgical Endoscopy 1/2004

01-01-2004 | Original article

Someone else is measuring our outcomes

Author: L. W. Traverso

Published in: Surgical Endoscopy | Issue 1/2004

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Because someone else is measuring the results of our surgical procedures, we should be asking whether their measurement is sufficient or whether we should be involved in measuring our own outcomes. This article asks two questions: which outcomes should be measured to validate a procedure’s quality, and how is an objective measurement for comparison, a benchmark, established? …
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Metadata
Title
Someone else is measuring our outcomes
Author
L. W. Traverso
Publication date
01-01-2004
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Surgical Endoscopy / Issue 1/2004
Print ISSN: 0930-2794
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2218
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-003-8231-9

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