A Clinical Assessment of Medis-Groups

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 260, Issue 21, 1988, Pages 3159-3163

  Lezzoni, Lisa I ^a   Moskowitz, Mark A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT ADMISSION; PENNSYLVANIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0023796679     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1988.03410210071039     Document Type: Article

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