title: The Tennessee Surgical Quality Collaborative: a model for improving quality of care and reducing health care costs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee College of Medicine-Chattanooga, TN 37403, USA. joe.cofer@erlanger.org
authors.forename: Joseph B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Cofer
mesh_terms: D013502:General Surgery / Q000592:standards*; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D058996:Quality Improvement; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards; D013714:Tennessee