title: Quality, advocacy, healthcare policy, and the surgeon.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, VA Boston Healthcare System, West Roxbury, Massachusetts 02132, USA. shukri.khuri@med.va.gov
authors.forename: Shukri F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Khuri
mesh_terms: D005544:Forecasting; D013502:General Surgery / Q000639:trends*; D006291:Health Policy / Q000639:trends*; D017052:Hospital Mortality / Q000639:trends; D006787:Hospitals, Veterans / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000639:trends*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology