Assessing Hospital-Associated Deaths From Discharge Data: The Role of Length of Stay and Comorbidities

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 260, Issue 15, 1988, Pages 2240-2246

  Jencks, Stephen F ^a   Williams, Deborah K ^a   Kay, Terrence L ^a  

^a Health Care Financing Administration   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; CALIFORNIA; DIAGNOSIS; HOSPITALS; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; NEW YORK; PATIENT DISCHARGE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0023739813     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1988.03410150088036     Document Type: Article

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