title: Beyond 30-day mortality: aligning surgical quality with outcomes that patients value.
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin-Madison2Department of Medical History and Bioethics, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
authors.forename: Margaret L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Schwarze
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
authors.forename: Karen J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Brasel
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark.
authors.forename: Anne C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Mosenthal
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D008020:Life Support Care; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010166:Palliative Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000401:mortality*; D028761:Withholding Treatment