title: Surgical quality measurement: the good, the bad, and the ugly.
authors.affiliation: Center for Surgical Medical Acute Care Research and Transitions, Birmingham Veterans Administration Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama2Section of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
authors.forename: Mary T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Hawn
mesh_terms: D003107:Colorectal Surgery / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*