Luke M Funk

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Affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Global operating theatre distribution and pulse oximetry supply: an estimation from reported data
    Luke M Funk
    Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Lancet 376:1055-61. 2010
  2. ncbi Esophagectomy outcomes at low-volume hospitals: the association between systems characteristics and mortality
    Luke M Funk
    Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Ann Surg 253:912-7. 2011
  3. ncbi In-hospital death following inpatient surgical procedures in the United States, 1996-2006
    Thomas G Weiser
    Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    World J Surg 35:1950-6. 2011
  4. ncbi Rates and patterns of death after surgery in the United States, 1996 and 2006
    Marcus E Semel
    Brigham andWomen s Hospital, Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Surgery 151:171-82. 2012
  5. ncbi Adopting a surgical safety checklist could save money and improve the quality of care in U.S. hospitals
    Marcus E Semel
    Brigham and Women s Hospital, Center for Health Decision Science, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
    Health Aff (Millwood) 29:1593-9. 2010
  6. ncbi The incidence of hypoxemia during surgery: evidence from two institutions
    Jesse M Ehrenfeld
    Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit St, Jackson 458, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    Can J Anaesth 57:888-97. 2010

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Publications6

  1. ncbi Global operating theatre distribution and pulse oximetry supply: an estimation from reported data
    Luke M Funk
    Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Lancet 376:1055-61. 2010
    ..We estimated the global distribution of operating theatres and quantified the availability of pulse oximetry, which is an essential monitoring device during surgery and a potential measure of operating theatre resources...
  2. ncbi Esophagectomy outcomes at low-volume hospitals: the association between systems characteristics and mortality
    Luke M Funk
    Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Ann Surg 253:912-7. 2011
    ..To evaluate the association between systems characteristics and esophagectomy mortality at low-volume hospitals..
  3. ncbi In-hospital death following inpatient surgical procedures in the United States, 1996-2006
    Thomas G Weiser
    Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    World J Surg 35:1950-6. 2011
    ..We sought to evaluate the number of deaths after surgery in the United States over a 10-year period and to evaluate trends in postoperative mortality...
  4. ncbi Rates and patterns of death after surgery in the United States, 1996 and 2006
    Marcus E Semel
    Brigham andWomen s Hospital, Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Surgery 151:171-82. 2012
    ..Nationwide rates and patterns of death after surgery are unknown...
  5. ncbi Adopting a surgical safety checklist could save money and improve the quality of care in U.S. hospitals
    Marcus E Semel
    Brigham and Women s Hospital, Center for Health Decision Science, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
    Health Aff (Millwood) 29:1593-9. 2010
    ..Using the checklist would both save money and improve the quality of care in hospitals throughout the United States...
  6. ncbi The incidence of hypoxemia during surgery: evidence from two institutions
    Jesse M Ehrenfeld
    Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit St, Jackson 458, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    Can J Anaesth 57:888-97. 2010
    ..The incidence of hypoxemia in patients undergoing surgery is largely unknown and may have a clinical impact. The objective of this study was to determine the incidence of intraoperative hypoxemia in a large surgical population...