Key result
An expert panel rated 76 of 89 candidate quality indicators as valid for assessing and improving perioperative care in elderly patients undergoing abdominal operations.
Population
Elderly patients undergoing abdominal operations
Design
Other
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Offers candidate quality indicators for elderly abdominal surgery patients; hypothesis-generating pending prospective validation and outcome linkage.
This study developed 76 validated process-based quality indicators for the perioperative care of elderly patients undergoing abdominal operations.
McGory et al. (2005) studied Elderly patients undergoing abdominal operations. Quality indicator development was evaluated on Validity of candidate quality indicators. An expert panel rated 76 of 89 candidate quality indicators as valid for assessing and improving perioperative care in elderly patients undergoing abdominal operations.
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