Seminars in Pediatric Surgery
Volume 17, Issue 2 , Pages 131-140 , May 2008

Developing a NSQIP module to measure outcomes in children’s surgical care: opportunity and challenge

  • Peter Dillon, MD

      Affiliations

    • Penn State Children’s Hospital, Hershey, Pennsylvania
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Peter Dillon, MD, Penn State Children’s Hospital, Department of Surgery, HO51, 500 University Drive, PO Box 850, Hershey, PA 17033.
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  • Karl Hammermeister, MD

      Affiliations

    • Colorado Health Outcomes Program, University of Colorado Denver and Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado
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  • Elaine Morrato, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • Colorado Health Outcomes Program, University of Colorado Denver and Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado
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  • Allison Kempe, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Colorado Health Outcomes Program, University of Colorado Denver and Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado
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  • Keith Oldham, MD

      Affiliations

    • Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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  • Lawrence Moss, MD

      Affiliations

    • Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut
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  • Michael Marchildon, MD

      Affiliations

    • Alfred I. DuPont Children’s Hospital, Wilmington, Delaware
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  • Moritz Ziegler, MD

      Affiliations

    • The Children’s Hospital, University of Colorado Denver and Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado
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  • Janet Steeger, RN, BSN

      Affiliations

    • QC Metrix, Waltham, Massachusetts
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  • Kathy Rowell, MS, MHA

      Affiliations

    • QC Metrix, Waltham, Massachusetts
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  • Mira Shiloach, MS

      Affiliations

    • American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois.
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  • William Henderson, MPH, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Colorado Health Outcomes Program, University of Colorado Denver and Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado

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doi: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2008.02.009

Seminars in Pediatric Surgery
Volume 17, Issue 2 , Pages 131-140 , May 2008

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