Surgical team behaviors and patient outcomes
The American Journal of SurgeryPublished 18 September 2008
Karen Mazzocco, Diana B. Petitti, Kenneth T. Fong, Doug Bonacum, John Brookey, Suzanne R Graham
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Patients of teams with good teamwork had better outcomes than those with poor teamwork when teams exhibited infrequent team behaviors, patients were more likely to experience death or major complication.
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When teams exhibited infrequent team behaviors, patients were more likely to experience death or major complication.
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