Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 47, Issue 6 , Pages 1155-1164 , June 2008

Reduction of in-hospital mortality among California hospitals meeting Leapfrog evidence-based standards for abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

Presented at the Twenty-First Annual Meeting of the Eastern Vascular Society, Baltimore, Md, Sept 27-29, 2007.

  • Benjamin S. Brooke, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md
    • ,
  • Bruce A. Perler, MD, MBA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md
    • ,
  • Francesca Dominici, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Md
    • ,
  • Martin A. Makary, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md
    • Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Md.
    • ,
  • Peter J. Pronovost, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md
    • Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Md.
    • Department of Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Peter J. Pronovost, MD, PhD, Center for Innovation in Quality Patient Care, The Johns Hopkins University, 1901 Thames St, Baltimore, MD 21231.

Received 23 September 2007 ,Revised 7 January 2008

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 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(08)00075-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.01.021

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 47, Issue 6 , Pages 1155-1164 , June 2008

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