Beyond 30-day mortality: aligning surgical quality with outcomes that patients value

Affiliations

¹ Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin-Madison2Department of Medical History and Bioethics, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
² Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
³ Department of Surgery, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark.

Margaret L Schwarze et al. JAMA Surg. 2014 Jul.

. 2014 Jul;149(7):631-2.

doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2013.5143.

¹ Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin-Madison2Department of Medical History and Bioethics, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
² Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
³ Department of Surgery, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark.

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Conflict of interest statement

Potential Conflicts of Interest: All other authors have no conflicts of interest to report.

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