title: The NSQIP: a new frontier in surgery.
authors.affiliation: VA Boston Healthcare System, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02132, USA. shukri.khuri@med.va.gov
authors.forename: Shukri F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Khuri
mesh_terms: D013502:General Surgery / Q000592:standards*; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006787:Hospitals, Veterans / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology