title: Quality and Safety in Health Care, Part XXV: General Thoracic Surgery.
abstract: The General Thoracic Surgery Database of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons provides highly useful information in quality and safety in general thoracic surgery, including ratings of the surgeons and institutions participating in this type of surgery. This article discusses some of the work based on General Thoracic Surgery Database information regarding surgery for lung cancer and esophageal cancer.
authors.affiliation: From the Advanced Radiology Services and the Division of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, College of Human Services, Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI.
authors.forename: Jay A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Harolds
mesh_terms: D016208:Databases, Factual; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012449:Safety; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000592:standards